LeBron James scored 32 points for Cleveland, but it was not enough as the Pistons got a few clutch shots from Rasheed Wallace and some big offensive rebounds down the stretch to send the series to a game seven.

The Pistons have been in this spot before, and it showed on Friday as they improved to 4-1 in road elimination games since the start of the 2004 post-season.

Their only loss in that span was in Game Seven of the 2005 NBA Finals at San Antonio.

Wallace has been doing more talking that performing lately but came to play when his team needed him the most. After collecting a total of 17 points in the previous two games, he scored 24 in this one, and his three-point-play with 3:02 remaining gave Detroit a 79-77 lead.

On the verge of their first trip to the conference finals in 13 years, the Cavaliers will look back at this one as a missed opportunity, especially with their inability to crash the boards down the stretch.

Richard Hamilton scored 17 points and Chauncey Billups added 15 for the Pistons. James scored 24 of his points in the second half and Zydrunas Ilgauskas chipped in 16 for Cleveland.

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