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Monday's Pistons Links: Playoffs show gap has been narrowed in the East

Ricky Pierce scored successful career after leaving Pistons: In the second of a three-part series, here are the Pistons’ top three picks in recent memory drafted No. 18. Last week, we named Theo Ratliff third-best. The second-best was ... Ricky Pierce. He didn’t rebound a lot, averaging 2.4 for his career, and he didn’t pass the ball much, with 1.9 assists per game, but he could score. -- Detroit Free Press

NBA playoffs show Pistons have narrowed gap with East rivals: The difference between No. 1 and No. 8 in the NBA Eastern Conference was made clear by the Cleveland Cavaliers-Detroit Pistons series: Four games, three of them competitive, and a discernible gap to traverse before that changes. The difference between No. 2 and No. 8 has proven not nearly so stark. Here is the value of making the playoffs. Most mysteries are solved and concepts are overlaid with results. -- MLive.com

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