 The spotlight of the series fell on Cleveland's LeBron James.Despite gaining some momentum in the opening games of the series against the experienced Pistons, key last-second decisions by James led to Cleveland losses in Games 1 and 2 in Detroit, by identical scores where Cleveland led for most of the two games.They faced a 0–2 deficit for the second straight year but would easily remember from the year before they could win three straight games to get back into the series.