Tip-off for tonight’s round ball contest is 8:30pm – pointlessly late for an Eastern Conference playoff game – especially, on a school night.

The Celtics are up 1-0 on the Pistons as they continue to hold court at home in the playoffs. On Tuesday the Celtics outscored the Pistons by 11 in the 3rd and that was pretty much that. Sure they didn’t pull away, but the Pistons never really got it down into the “Danger Zone.”

Chauncey Billups still isn’t 100% – and probably won’t be for the rest of the Pistons’ playoff lives. He does plan to be more aggressive tonight though.

Will it be enough? Will Kevin Garnett have two straight games where he factors into the outcome? Will the Pistons exert their “We’ve been here before” will? Will Ray Allen attend the game? All these questions – and more! – will be answered tonight.

Bonus Non-NBA Chris Cooley Update: Maj alerted me to the fact that Cooley reposted the story from earlier on his own personal blog with a couple pictures (A little NSFW) he took of his fiancé just this week. The couple is getting married Friday. The early consensus is, “That’s awesome.”