The Pacers guards will have to do something to neutralize Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton, whose play has been the motor that makes the Pistons go in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Entering tonight?s Game 4 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Billups and Hamilton have had the decisive advantage over Jamaal Tinsley and Reggie Miller.  

Billups and Hamilton are averaging 34.7 points, 9.7 assists and 8.3 rebounds while the Pacers? backcourt is at 19.7 points, 5.3 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 33.3-percent for the series.

This is the key factor in the Pistons 2-1 lead in the series.