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The San Antonio Spurs lead the Detroit Pistons 2-0 in the 2005 NBA Finals. Game 3 is tonight in Detroit. Here's what Pistons coach Larry Brown said on the off-day between games 2 and 3:

On coming back and winning the series:

Larry Brown: I am confident we have a good shot. They (San Antonio) took care of their home court and played great. It is obvious they dominated both games in just about every area, out-coached us, out-executed us, and did all of the things that are necessary to win, but we are still the champs. We are coming home and we all know it is not going to be easy, but we just have to take it one game at a time. We have to win the next game and take care of our home court like they did.

On adapting and making necessary adjustments:

Larry Brown: They (the players) know what we need to do. We are pretty clear on what has happened. I do not think there is any person in that locker room that doesn’t understand what we need to do and what we need to do better in order to be successful.

On what specifically needs to be done better:

Larry Brown: We need to figure out a way where we can get to the free throw line and get higher percentage shots, I think that is critical. We need to figure out a way where we can keep people in front of us a little bit better. I think that has been a critical factor. We need to understand that we have to rely on each other and move the ball better. We have had too many possessions where we have not moved the ball enough and the time you limit yourself in terms of ball movement, your shooting percentage gets hurt a little bit. I think the most important thing is we have to match their effort from the first minute of the game until the last.

On rallying from deficits in the past helps now:

Larry Brown: We are playing against a team that is playing at an unbelievably high level and is probably the best team in the league during the regular-season without Timmy (Duncan) getting hurt. We can rally. We just have to do all the little things that we have done in the past that has gotten us an NBA title and the chance to play in the Finals.

On uncharacteristic play by the team:

Larry Brown: We got into early foul trouble and I think that took a lot of aggressiveness away. I think Tayshaun (Prince), Rip (Hamilton), Lindsey (Hunter), Rasheed (Wallace), a lot of guys, got early fouls and then when you are strapped with early fouls, sometimes you are not nearly as aggressive and we have got to forget about that. We have to start off the game being aggressive and not worry about fouls. You have to play with the same mentality, same aggressiveness, and I don’t think we did that.

On what is the team’s motivation from being down 0-2: Larry Brown: You will have to ask them. We showed the film and talked about the last two games and the things that have affected us and that we simply need to do better. I think the consensus is we have to play a lot harder, we have to be a lot more aggressive, we have to share the ball better, rebound the ball better. I think those are things that you talk about every game though. I say this over and over again. I write on the board before every game, play hard, play unselfishly, play smart, try to defend and have fun.