Hornets, Pistons, Blazers look to avoid 0-2 deficits
MIAMI - Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade often can be heard saying at playoff time that a series hasn't truly started until somebody wins on the home floor of its opponent.
Charlotte, Detroit and Portland probably can appreciate that sort of thinking.
A two-day break between their Game 1 road losses on Sunday and the Game 2's that await when three series resume Wednesday night - Charlotte is at Miami, Detroit goes back to Cleveland and Portland visits the Los Angeles Clippers - means the Hornets, Pistons and Trail Blazers all have ample time to make adjustments.
Of course, it also means the Heat, Cavaliers and Clippers have plenty of time to anticipate what's coming as well.
Hornets at Heat
Miami leads 1-0. 7 p.m., NBA TV
Charlotte has been exceptional at bouncing back from losses over the last three months or so, going 9-1 in the games immediately following a defeat since the end of January.
That resiliency will be put to the test in Game 2.
Not only was Sunday's series-opening loss the Hornets' worst of the season, but it was the franchise's 11th straight playoff defeat overall and the most points given up by Charlotte in any of its last 115 non-overtime games.
''The things we made mistakes on are correctible,'' Charlotte's Marvin Williams said. ''It wasn't so much what Miami did - take nothing away from how they played, they played extremely well, they did what they're supposed to do. But we didn't play our best basketball. We know that.''
Pistons at Cavaliers
Cleveland leads 1-0. 8 p.m., TNT
Detroit went home to work Monday and Tuesday, choosing the comforts of familiarity over hotel living for two extra days.
Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said his team would have some different wrinkles in Game 2.
''Look, I'm not smart enough to come up with anything real complex,'' Van Gundy said. ''It's just different from what we've done.''
Detroit had a chance to steal the opener, leading by seven with 11 minutes left. Then LeBron James checked back into the game, and Cleveland outscored the Pistons 30-18 the rest of the way.
Trail Blazers at Clippers
Los Angeles leads 1-0. 10:30 p.m., TNT
It might sound silly, but Portland lost by 20 and found a lot to like about the game.
The Blazers missed 50 of their 83 shots, and 20 of their 30 tries from 3-point range - and go into Game 2 thinking that if the same opportunities present themselves Wednesday, the outcome could be different.
''They played as good a game as they've played in a while,'' Portland guard Damian Lillard said of the Clippers. ''We just have to understand that the things we saw on film, if we clean up some of those things offensively and defensively, then we'll have a chance. We know we'll have a chance.''
Blake Griffin had his best game since returning from injury for the Clippers, finishing with 19 points and 12 rebounds in Game 1. Los Angeles is 6-0 with Griffin since he returned to the lineup.
''He wants to get his game going,'' Clippers coach Doc Rivers said.