Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News: “The young and impetuous must be dealt with severely, or they never learn. The Pistons tried to play nice with the 76ers, but play time is over. This first-round series should be a mismatch, and it might yet be a mismatch.”

Bill Khan of Booth Newspapers: “Somebody please check Antonio McDyess’ birth certificate and biography. He can’t be 33 years old with 12 seasons of NBA mileage on his surgically repaired knees.”

Greg Johnson of The Grand Rapids Press: “Detroit, when it plays like it did to even the series Wednesday night, is the superior team. But there’s the other Detroit, which makes the Pistons remarkably two-faced, even three-faced and always looking like it could be the next upset victim.”

Bob Ford of The Philadelphia Inquirer: “If you expected the Sixers, a team that has become a sum-of-its-parts unit in the post-Iverson era, to suddenly discover a singular go-to guy on the roster, then you were expecting far too much. That’s what it would have taken against the Pistons last night, and what it would take in this series in general.”

Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News: “Rasheed Wallace indicated that his lack of interest in being a focal point of his team is an old story. ‘I think you can get more done with five individuals than you can [with] one individual,’ he said. ‘If you’ve got one guy you know is going to get that ball in crunch time, it’s easier to defend him. But if you have five guys who can get that ball in crunch time, it’s harder.’”

-Compilation courtesy of ESPN.com