Coaching ties, tired legs in focus as Pistons open semis vs. Cavs

J.B. Bickerstaff spent four-plus years building Cleveland into a contender. Now he gets to try to dismantle it. Just two days after surviving a Game 7, the top-seeded Detroit Pistons open the Eastern Conference semifinals Tuesday night at home against the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers, the franchise that fired Bickerstaff two years ago.

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