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The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Franchise history
From Fort Wayne to Detroit
The franchise was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a National Basketball League (NBL) team, playing in the gym of North Side High School. Owner Fred Zollner's Zollner Corporation was a foundry, manufacturing pistons primarily for car, truck and locomotive engines. In 1948, the team became the Fort Wayne Pistons, competing in the Basketball Association of America. In 1949, Fred Zollner brokered the formation of the National Basketball Association from the BAA and the NBL at his kitchen table. From that point on, the Fort Wayne Pistons competed in the NBA. Led by star forward George Yardley, the Fort Wayne Pistons were a very popular franchise and appeared in the NBA Finals in 1955 and 1956, losing both times.
Though the Pistons enjoyed a solid local following, their city's small size made it difficult for them to be profitable. In 1957, Zollner moved the team to Detroit, a much larger city which had not seen professional basketball in a decade. In 1947, they had lost the Detroit Gems of the NBL, who moved to become the Minneapolis Lakers (now the Los Angeles Lakers), and the Detroit Falcons of the BAA, which folded. The new Detroit Pistons played in Olympia Stadium (home of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings at the time) for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo Arena. The franchise was a consistent disappointment, struggling both on the court and at the box office.
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The Pistons have led the league in fan attendance since the 2002-2003 season.The Pistons won 100 games, two Central Division crowns, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2003. In 2003, Dumars replaced Carlisle with Larry Brown.The Pistons' transformation into a championship team was completed with the February 2004 acquistion of Rasheed Wallace.The Pistons won 54 games that year, tying for the most wins since 1997. The Pistons won the 2004 NBA Championship in dominating fashion over the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers in five games. They posted double digit wins in three of their four victories.In 2005, the Pistons were 12 minutes away from "back-to-back" championships, but eventually fell to the Spurs 81-74 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
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The Pistons started off the 2005-06 season with the NBA's best overall record. Their 37-5 start exceeded the best start for any Detroit sports franchise in history and tied for the second-best 40 game start in NBA history.The Pistons ended the regular season with a record of 64-18, the best record in the NBA, and a franchise record for both overall wins and road victories, with 27. In addition, the team set an NBA record by starting the same lineup in 73 consecutive games from the start of the season.During the 2006 offseason, the Pistons offered Ben Wallace a 4-year, $48 million contract which would have made him the highest-paid Piston ever. In a stunning move, however, Ben Wallace, widely accepted as the face of the franchise, agreed to a 4-year, $60 million contract with the Chicago Bulls To replace Wallace, Detroit signed Nazr Mohammed
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Based in Detroit metroploitan area , Detroit Pistons are a NBA team.Pistons founder Fred Zollner moved the franchise from Ft. Wayne, IN to Detroit in 1957 in order to financially compete with teams from bigger cities like Philadelphia, Boston, and New York.he Pistons made the playoffs following the 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1968 seasons, but again could not advance past the second round.
The 1970's featured Detroit's first 50 win season. Ownership changed in 1974, when Fred Zollner sold the franchise to Detroit native and Guardian Industries owner William Davidson.In 1980's . Chuck Daly was named head coach and players like Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman, Adrian Dantley, Mark Aguirre, John Salley, Rick Mahorn, and James Edwards were added.The Pistons made the postseason from 1983-1990. Every series was a tough battle, with the Pistons going to at least six games in six different series, ultimately winning back-to-back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990.
In 1991, head coach Chuck Daly and GM Jack McCloskey resigned and James Edwards, Scott Hastings, and Vinnie Johnson were traded. Isiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer retired in 1993.A serious injury to Grant Hill's left ankle ended the Pistons' 2000 playoff run.The Pistons suffered through another tough season in 2000-01, going 32-50. Following this season, Dumars fired head coach George Irvine and hired Rick Carlisle, a widely respected assistant coach, who subsequently guided the Pistons to their first 50-win season since 1997, and their first playoff series victory since 1991.The Pistons' transformation into a championship team was completed with the February 2004 acquistion of Rasheed Wallace. The Pistons won 54 games that year.The Pistons started off the 2005-06 season with the NBA's best overall record.In addition, the team set an NBA record by starting the same lineup in 73 consecutive games from the start of the season.
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