(My Sportsbook) - Six straight trips to the Eastern Conference finals is slowly being lost in the rear-view mirror by this group of Detroit Pistons.

The new bullies on the block in the East, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, hope to put the Pistons on the brink of elimination tonight when their conference quarterfinals series resumes in Auburn Hills.

The Cavs took a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven set on Tuesday when James scored 29 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and added six assists to lead top- seeded Cleveland to a 94-82 win over Detroit at Quicken Loans Arena.

Mo Williams totaled postseason career highs of 21 points and seven assists for the Cavs, who beat the Pistons for the sixth straight time in the playoffs. Delonte West added 20 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 12 in the win.

"You look at the first seven quarters of Game 1 and Game 2; tremendous basketball," James said. "Defensively, we've been on the string and we've helped each other out. We've out-rebounded them both games, which has been pretty good."

Richard Hamilton recorded 17 points for the Pistons, who lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 102-84 on Saturday. Rodney Stuckey added 14 points and Will Bynum had a postseason career-high 13 points in defeat.

"I think our mindset is still positive," Hamilton said. "They did what they were supposed to do. They won two games at home. Now it's our job to go home and take care of our home court. This ain't nothing new. We know what it takes to win."

Cleveland last faced Detroit in the playoffs in the 2006-07 Eastern Conference finals and defeated the Pistons, 4-2, after dropping the first two games. The Cavs also went 3-1 against Detroit in the regular season.

These two clubs are meeting in the NBA Playoffs for the third time in franchise history, all in the last four seasons. The Cavaliers now lead the all- time playoff series 9-6 and have won seven of their eight home games against Detroit in the playoffs.

Cleveland is just 2-5 in the postseason at The Palace, however.

Game 4 of the series is scheduled for Sunday ay in Auburn Hills.