<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Isikhathi sePistons sika-2004 05 saphawuleka ngempikiswano enkulu, kanye nezinkinga eziphazamisayo ezibandakanya uLarry Brown. Ngenyanga yokuqala yesizini, umzabalazo phakathi kwe-Indiana Pacers nePistons  <response>: kwaqubuka, esinye sezigameko ezinkulu kakhulu phakathi kwabalandeli nabalandeli emlandweni wezemidlalo yaseMelika. Kwaholela ekuhlawulisweni okukhulu nokumiswa kwabadlali abaningana kanye nokuhlolwa okukhulu kwe-NBA nabezindaba. Okwamanje, uBrown waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye iqembu kabili ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, wayeyisihloko sochungechunge lwamahemuhemu amxhumanisa nezinye izithuba zomsebenzi. Ekhathazekile ngempilo kaBrown futhi ethukuthele ngenxa yokufuna kwakhe eminye imisebenzi phakathi nesizini, amaPistons athenga inkontileka yakhe ngokushesha ngemuva kwe-NBA Finals ka-2005. UBrown ngokushesha waqokwa njengomqeqeshi omkhulu weNew York Knicks, ngenkathi amaPistons eqasha uFlip Saunders, owayengumqeqeshi weMinnesota Timberwolves. 