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and the Pistons became part of the merged league. Since moving to Detroit in 1957, the Pistons have won three NBA championships: in 1989, 1990 and 2004. The Detroit Pistons franchise was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a National Basketball League (NBL) team, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Owner Fred Zollner's Zollner Corporation was a foundry that manufactured pistons, primarily for car, truck, and locomotive engines. The Zollner Pistons were NBL champions in 1944 and 1945. They also won the World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1944, 1945 and 1946. In 1948, the team became the Fort Wayne Pistons, competing
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2004, in which they won the Finals in five games against their heavily favored rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers to win their third NBA championship. (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Indiana Pacers: "Pistons win series 3-0" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff meeting) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) New York Knicks: "Pistons win series 4-1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Eastern Conference First Round (New York won 3-2) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: "Pistons win series 4-3" Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4-2) "Pistons win series 4–1" 1989–90 Detroit Pistons season The 1989–90 NBA
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to the Vancouver Grizzlies. Miličić saw limited playing time during his first season with the Pistons, but did become the youngest player to appear in an NBA Finals game (18 years and 356 days) and won the NBA Finals Championship just five days later when the Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Finals. He was also the fourth youngest player and the youngest foreign player to play in the NBA. Pistons team president Joe Dumars repeatedly stated that Miličić would play a big part in the team's future, but he did not see a large increase
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as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves at midseason, would be the Pistons head coach for next season. (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers Last Playoffs meeting: 2003 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4–2) (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Indiana Pacers Last Playoffs meeting: 2004 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4–2) (1) Miami Heat vs. (2) Detroit Pistons Last Playoffs meeting: 2000 Eastern Conference First Round (Miami won 3–0) (W2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (E2) Detroit Pistons Last Playoffs Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Spurs and Pistons. 2004–05 Detroit Pistons season The 2004–05 NBA season was
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of the shorts. Ben Wallace won his fourth and final Defensive Player of the Year award and he along with Rasheed Wallace, Richard Hamilton, and Chauncey Billups were selected as reserves for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game. (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Milwaukee Bucks Last Playoffs meeting: 2004 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 4–1) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers Last Playoffs meeting: This is the first meeting between the Pistons and Cavaliers. (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Miami Heat Last Playoffs meeting: 2005 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4–3) 2005–06 Detroit Pistons season The 2005–06 Detroit Pistons
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"Sunday, June 13, 2004, 14:49 at The Palace of Auburn Hills." Again, the Pistons defeated the Lakers, although this time by eight, to take a 3–1 series advantage. "Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 14:32 at The Palace of Auburn Hills." In Game 5, the Pistons won their first championship since 1990, and Larry Brown finally won a title as an NBA head coach. The Pistons defense had overcome the high-scoring Laker offense, winning the game by 13, winning the series 4-1, and also ending a long Laker dynasty that lasted for many years. The game saw the end of Phil Jackson's
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series advantage. Box Score "Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 14:32 at The Palace of Auburn Hills." In Game 5, the Pistons won their first championship since 1990, and Larry Brown finally won his title. The Pistons defense had overcome the high-scoring Laker offense, winning the game by 13, winning the series 4-1, and also ending a long Laker dynasty that lasted for many years. The game saw the end of Phil Jackson's first run as the coach (he returned for the 2005-06 season), and saw O'Neal, Payton, and Malone's last games in Laker uniforms (O'Neal and Payton were both acquired by
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accolades. Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse also had successful careers, being four-time and two-time All-Stars respectively. Wallace won an NBA championship in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons, while Stackhouse scored the most total points in the league in 2000, also with the Pistons. The other remaining top selections had relatively productive careers, but were considered to have never reached their full potential. Joe Smith put up solid, but unspectacular numbers throughout his career and is generally considered a disappointment for a first overall selection. He was also involved in a salary cap scandal with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Antonio McDyess was
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the Joe Dumars Trophy. His number 4 jersey was retired by the Pistons in March 2000. He has the distinction as being the only Pistons player to ever wear this number. He played for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal. Dumars became the Pistons' President of Basketball Operations prior to the 2000–01 season. He was voted the league's Executive of the Year for the 2002–03 season and quietly went on to build the team that won the 2004 NBA Championship – the first African-American NBA General Manager to win the NBA Finals
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after. The Pistons and Lakers would face each other again 15 years later in the NBA Finals in 2004, where the Pistons won in five games en route to their third NBA championship despite being underdogs to the heavily-favored Lakers. On February 15, 1989, the Pistons traded Adrian Dantley to the Dallas Mavericks for Mark Aguirre. Dantley was unhappy relegating the leadership role on the Pistons to Isiah Thomas, while Aguirre had clashed with his coaches and teammates in Dallas. Aguirre was more amenable to deferring to Thomas, and accepted his role in Chuck Daly's system. His ability to shoot
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prevented the Pistons from scoring a third straight championship in the 1990–91 NBA season. They went 50–32 that season, but a mature and stronger Chicago Bulls team swept them in four games of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bulls won the championship that season. After that the Pistons dynasty broke up, with key players retiring or moving on as free agents to other teams. They would not return to the Finals until 2004. Dennis Rodman, James Edwards and John Salley would win a championship in 1996 with the Bulls. The Trail Blazers won the Pacific Division title by winning a
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the 2004 NBA All-Star Game. The Pistons went on to win the NBA Championship for the third time in franchise history, with Miličić being the youngest player to win said championship. In the first round of the playoffs, the Pistons defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in five games despite losing Game 2 at home. In the semifinals, they faced the New Jersey Nets. The Pistons would win the first two games at home, but the Nets jumped out to a 3–2 series lead, which included a triple overtime win in Game 5. However, the Pistons managed to win the next two
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2004 NBA Finals The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2003–04 National Basketball Association season. The Finals were between the Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference and the Detroit Pistons of the Eastern Conference; the Lakers held home court advantage. The series was played under a best-of-seven format, so the first team to collect four game victories would win the series. Although the Lakers were the heavy favorite, the Pistons won the series four games to one to win their first title since 1990 and their fifth overall (three NBA Championships, two NBL Championships). Pistons point
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1990 NBA Finals The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1989–90 NBA season. The series pitted the Detroit Pistons (the previous year's champions) against the Portland Trail Blazers. This was the first NBA Finals since 1979 not to involve either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Boston Celtics. The Pistons became just the third franchise in NBA history to win back-to-back championships, joining the Lakers and Celtics. The Trail Blazers last made the NBA Finals when they won the NBA championship in 1977. In between Finals appearances, the Blazers made the playoffs every year except 1982, but
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team. Also following the season, Clifford Robinson was traded to the Golden State Warriors, Jon Barry signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets, and Michael Curry was dealt to the Toronto Raptors. Bold = All-Star selection (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Orlando Magic Last Playoff Meeting: 1996 Eastern Conference First Round (Orlando won 3-0) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (4) Philadelphia 76ers Last Playoff Meeting: 1955 NBA Finals (Syracuse Nationals, the predecessor to the 76ers, won 4-3 over the Pistons, at the time located in Fort Wayne, Indiana) <nowiki>*</nowiki>Required overtime. (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) New Jersey Nets Last
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the Pistons ended the franchise's ten year playoff drought and captured their first Turnbull Cup. The Pistons enjoyed their best season in 2017-2018 when the team won its second Turnbull Cup, defeated the Nipawin Hawks to win the ANAVET Cup, and qualified for the National Junior "A" Championship for the first time. "Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against" Canadian Jr. A National Championships<br>"Dudley Hewitt Champions – Central, Fred Page Champions – Eastern, Doyle Cup Champion – Pacific, ANAVET Cup Champion
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five years between 1957–1961, but since moving to Atlanta in 1968, they have had considerably less success in the playoffs. Champion: St. Louis Hawks Division Semifinals (1) St. Louis Hawks have division semifinals byes. (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Cincinnati Royals: "Pistons win series 2-0" Last Playoffs meeting: 1953 Western Division Semifinals (Pistons won 2-1, while still in Fort Wayne; Royals were in Rochester at the time). Division Finals (1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: "Hawks win series 4-1" Last Playoffs meeting: 1956 Western Division Finals (Pistons won 3-2, while still in Fort Wayne) Champion: Boston Celtics Division
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(8) Boston Celtics: "Pistons win series 3-0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4-2) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Milwaukee Bucks: "Pistons win series 4-0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1976 Western Conference First Round (Detroit won 2-1) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Chicago Bulls: "Pistons win series 4-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-1) The Pistons' overpowering play allowed them to sweep the Lakers, who struggled to fill the defensive void left by Byron Scott's injury prior to the start of the Finals. Joe Dumars was named Finals MVP. In addition, Magic Johnson pulled
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"Lakers win series 4–3" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff series) (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Dallas Mavericks: "Lakers win series 4–3" Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4–2) (W1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (E2) Detroit Pistons: "Lakers win series 4–3" Last Playoff Meeting: 1962 Western Division Finals (Los Angeles won 4–3) 1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season The 1987–88 season saw the Lakers win their eleventh NBA championship, defeating the Detroit Pistons in a hard-fought seven games in the NBA Finals to become the NBA’s first repeat champions since the Boston Celtics did it
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Bulls to do so. They were defeated by the eventual Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Qualified for playoffs (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Orlando Magic Last Playoff Meeting: 2003 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 4-3) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern Conference Finals (Chicago won 4-0) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) Cleveland Cavaliers Last Playoff Meeting: 2006 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-3) 2006–07 Detroit Pistons season The 2006–07 Detroit Pistons season was the 66th season of the franchise, the 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 50th in the Detroit
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match for the younger Pistons and were swept in four games, ending Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 20-year career. The Pistons' Finals appearance marked the first time since the American League baseball team Detroit Tigers won the 1984 World Series that a major professional sports team from Detroit competed for a championship. The Pistons' appearance started a run of at least one Detroit sports team competing for a championship six times within ten years, starting with the Pistons from 1988–90 and ending with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League competing in the 1995, 1997 and 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, in
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Game 5 in Detroit, which went into overtime. The Pistons were ahead 95–93 when Robert Horry sank the game-winning three-point basket for the Spurs with 5.8 seconds left in the extra session. The Pistons fought back to win Game 6 in San Antonio, setting up the first NBA Finals Game 7 since 1994. The Pistons then lost a hard-fought, low-scoring game to the Spurs, who won their third NBA championship since 1999. The Pistons' 2004–05 season was marked by a major controversy, as well as distracting issues involving Larry Brown. In the first month of the season, a Pacers–Pistons brawl
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Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Boston won 4-2) 1986–87 Detroit Pistons season The 1986-87 NBA season was the Pistons' 39th season in the NBA and 30th season in the city of Detroit. After drafting John Salley and Dennis Rodman, the team earned the nickname "Bad Boys" because of their physical style of play. (3) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Washington Bullets: "Pistons win series 3-0" Last Playoff Meeting: This was their first meeting in the playoffs. (2) Atlanta Hawks vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4-1 Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Eastern Conference First Round (Atlanta won 3-1) (1)
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and that he felt the league would be happy to see the Pistons lose. Following the season, James Edwards was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, and Vinnie Johnson signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs. (3) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks: "Pistons win series 3-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-1) (2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 3-0) (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Bulls win series 4-0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Eastern Conference Finals
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games. Isiah Thomas was the only member of the team to be selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game. "Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average" (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (7) Washington Bullets: "Pistons win series 3–2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 3–0) (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: "Pistons win series 4–1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1974 Western Conference Semifinals (Chicago won 4–3) (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4–2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference Finals
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won 4-0) (2) New Jersey Nets vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4–3" Last Playoff Meeting: 2003 Eastern Conference Finals (New Jersey won 4-0) (1) Indiana Pacers vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4–2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 3-0) The Finals were played using a 2-3-2 site format, where the first two and last two games are held at the team with home court advantage. This was only used in the Finals, all other playoff series are held in a 2-2-1-1-1 format (the team with home court advantage starts). The Lakers had
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won 4-1) (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference Finals (Boston won 4-3) The Celtics would end up losing to the Detroit Pistons in the conference finals as an aging Celtics team was beginning to falter against a younger and fresher pistons team. This would be the first time in 5 years that the Celtics would not make it to the finals and would not return to another finals until 2008. 1987–88 Boston Celtics season The 1987–88 Boston Celtics season was the 42nd season of the Boston Celtics in the
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a hamstring early in the second game, and unable to play the rest of the series. The Lakers depleted backcourt allowed the Pistons to easily win the 1988-89 NBA Championship. "Pistons win series 4-0" 1988–89 Detroit Pistons season The 1988-89 NBA season was the Pistons' 41st season in the NBA and 32nd season in the Detroit metropolitan area. The Pistons moved from the Pontiac Silverdome to the brand-new Palace of Auburn Hills before the start of the season, which culminated in the Pistons' first NBA championship, sweeping the Lakers in four games in the NBA Finals a rematch from last
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Detroit Pistons; and Hall of Famer George Gervin, nicknamed "The Iceman," who played with the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls. Dutcher became an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Michigan, under head coach Johnny Orr. During the 1974-75 season the team won the Big Ten Championship. Dutcher took over the Gophers program in 1975 following the departure of Bill Musselman. The highlight of his time at Minnesota was 1982, a season in which he led the Gophers to the Big Ten Championship — to date, the last "official" conference title for the Gophers —
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1991 NBA Playoffs The 1991 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1990–91 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP. After the Pistons had ended their season the last three years, the Bulls got revenge in the Eastern Conference Finals by sweeping the two-time defending NBA champions. It was the first time the Bulls won a playoff series over the Pistons since 1974, when both teams were still part
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in Dennis Rodman and Bill Laimbeer, the Pistons attained great success. The majority of the 1990s was marked by the supremacy of the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls, led by head coach Phil Jackson and star players Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, won six titles in six Finals appearances from 1991-1998. The only other team to win a title during this time was the Houston Rockets who won titles in 1994 and 1995, during Jordan's first retirement from professional basketball. The first championship came at the expense of the Los Angeles Lakers, which also saw the last appearance in the Finals
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on the bench. In January 2005, Arroyo was traded to the Detroit Pistons for veteran center Elden Campbell (who would quickly be waived and later be reclaimed by the Pistons) and a future first-round pick. With the Pistons, Arroyo came within one game of becoming the second Puerto Rican to win an NBA championship. What was dubbed by some Hispanic newspapers as "The Hispanic NBA Finals" (because Arroyo played for the Pistons and Argentine Manu Ginóbili starred for the San Antonio Spurs). The Spurs won the series in seven games, with a final game score of 81–74. Arroyo's playing time
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are named for Fred Zollner who is credited with starting the world champion Zollner Pistons fastpitch softball team (which played its games at Zollner Stadium) and the Zollner Pistons basketball team (which is now the Detroit Pistons). The complex includes displays of both the softball and basketball Pistons history and memorabilia. In 2010, the girls basketball team, coached by Dave Miller, won their first Indiana state championship in Class 3A, beating No. 1 Rushville, 59-48. This championship was especially memorable as it was won in Fort Wayne's Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, mere yards away from the CLHS campus. Angie
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2–1, while still in Fort Wayne; Royals were in Rochester at the time). (1) St. Louis Hawks vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: "Hawks win series 4-1" Last Playoffs meeting: 1956 Western Division Finals (Pistons won 3–2, while still in Fort Wayne) 1957–58 Detroit Pistons season The 1957–58 NBA season was the Pistons' tenth season in the NBA and first season in the city of Detroit. The Pistons went 33–39 during the season, tied for second with the Cincinnati Royals, eight games behind the NBA World Champion St. Louis Hawks, but were awarded the second seed on tie-breakers. They defeated the Royals
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the brawl have retired, with Artest being the last to do so in 2017. The Pistons advanced to four straight Eastern Conference Finals after the brawl, and six straight overall, making them the first team since the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s to advance to six straight conference finals though they only won the championship once in that streak. However, after losing to the Pistons in the 2005 playoffs, the Pacers failed to finish above .500 until the and missed the playoffs for five straight seasons from 2006 through 2010. Many Pacers from the 2004–05 season believe that the
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Lakers vanquished the New York Knickerbockers for their 2nd straight Championship, and 4th Championship overall in the franchise's first five seasons in the NBA. "Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average" (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Indianapolis Olympians: "Lakers win series 2–0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2–0) (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: "Lakers win series 3–2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1950 Central Division Finals (Minneapolis won 2–0) (W1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (E1) New York Knicks: "Lakers win series 4–1" Last
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series advantage. O'Neal scored 36 for the Lakers and Bryant scored 20 but shot 32 percent from the field. Malone would play his last game, as a knee injury would not allow him to dress in Game Five. In Game 5, the Pistons won their first championship since 1990, and Larry Brown finally won a professional title. The Pistons defense had overcome the high-scoring Laker offense, winning the game by 13, winning the series 4-1, and also ending a long Laker dynasty that lasted for many years. The game saw the end of Phil Jackson's first run as the coach
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1986–87 Detroit Pistons season The 1986-87 NBA season was the Pistons' 39th season in the NBA and 30th season in the city of Detroit. After drafting John Salley and Dennis Rodman, the team earned the nickname "Bad Boys" because of their physical style of play. (3) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Washington Bullets: "Pistons win series 3-0" Last Playoff Meeting: This was their first meeting in the playoffs. (2) Atlanta Hawks vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 4-1 Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Eastern Conference First Round (Atlanta won 3-1) (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Celtics win series 4-3"
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for the second time. Leading Mizzou to the 2012 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament championship, Mizzou's second Big 12 Tournament Championship in four years, English was named the Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 23 points and shooting 78 percent from the field. With 107 victories in four years, English, with teammates Marcus Denmon and Steve Moore won more games than any senior class in Mizzou basketball history. English was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 44th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. On July 9, 2012, he joined the Pistons for the 2012 NBA Summer
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November 8 when he scored 22 points (11/11 field goals) and pulled down 10 rebounds. He also became a pivotal player for the Spurs during the 2006–2007 Western Conference Finals, averaging 31 minutes and 14 points in the first two games of the series. Oberto won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 2007. On June 23, 2009, Oberto was traded to the Detroit Pistons as a part of a three-team trade among Pistons, Spurs and the Milwaukee Bucks, which included Richard Jefferson. Then he was immediately waived by the Pistons. On August 11, 2009, he was officially signed by
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of having the worst regular season record heading in playoff history. The team's record was 16–54. Champion: Minneapolis Lakers Division Semifinals (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Indianapolis Olympians: "Lakers win series 2–0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2–0) (2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: "Pistons win series 2–1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Western Division Semifinals (Rochester won 2–0) Division Finals (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: "Lakers win series 3–2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1950 Central Division Finals (Minneapolis won 2–0) Champion: New York Knicks Division Semifinals (1) New York Knicks vs. (4)
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and Dana Barros was released. The season saw the team revert to its traditional color scheme of red, white and blue. (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (7) Toronto Raptors Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Pistons and Raptors. (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Boston Celtics Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-2) 2001–02 Detroit Pistons season The 2001–02 NBA season was the Pistons' 61st season, the 54th in the National Basketball Association, and the 45th in the Detroit area. During the offseason, the Pistons acquired Clifford Robinson from the Phoenix Suns and Jon Barry
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games to win their first NBL Championship. 1943–44 Fort Wayne Pistons season The 1943–44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season was the third season of the franchise in the National Basketball League. The Pistons entered the season with the big three of league MVP Bobby McDermott, Buddy Jeanette and Jake Pelkington and off of two straight losses in the championship series. The team finished the season 18-4 and defeated the Cleveland Chase Brassmen in the first round in a two game sweep to earn their third straight finals birth and a rematch of last year against the Sheboygan Redskins. From there
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NAIA Tournament MVP. Doerner became the first Evansville player to receive All-America status when he was honored as a consensus Second Team All-American selection. After college he played in the NBL, the only viable professional basketball league in the United States at the time. From 1942 to 1946, Doerner played on the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and won two league championships. He then played for the Indianapolis Kautskys and won one more NBL championship. In his later life he was a basketball coach at Fort Branch High School in Fort Branch, Indiana and won one sectional title. Doerner was inducted
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Pistons vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers: "Pistons win series 3-1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1953 NBA Western Division Finals (Minneapolis won 3-2) Champion: Syracuse Nationals Division Semifinals (1) Syracuse Nationals have division semifinals bye. (2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Boston Celtics: "Celtics win series 2-1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1953 NBA Eastern Division Finals (New York won 3-1) Division Finals (1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (3) Boston Celtics: "Nationals win series 3-1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1954 NBA Eastern Division Finals (Syracuse won 2-0) (1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (1) Fort Wayne Pistons: "Nationals win series 4-3" Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting
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with 21 points each, neither was able to seriously threaten the strong Pistons defense enough to win the game. Detroit thus won its fifth consecutive game facing elimination. The Pistons became the first road team to force a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. For the first time in eleven years, the NBA Finals came down to a decisive game. Momentum was on Detroit's side, but the Spurs had home-court advantage. The Pistons were looking to become the first team to ever win the last 2 games on the road, after being down 3-2. The stats were, as expected, heavily
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to victory. Although Duncan and Ginobili finished with 21 points each, neither was able to seriously threaten the strong Pistons defense enough to win the game. Detroit thus won its fifth consecutive game facing elimination. The Pistons became the first road team to force a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. For the first time in eleven years, the NBA Finals came down to a decisive Game Seven. Momentum was on Detroit's side, but the Spurs had home-court advantage. The Pistons were looking to become the first team to ever win the last two games on the road after being
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Bucks: "Pistons win series 4–0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1976 Western Conference First Round (Detroit won 2-1) 1988–89 Milwaukee Bucks season The 1988–89 NBA season was the Bucks' 21st season in the NBA. After finishing the regular season with 49 wins and 33 loses, the Bucks defeated the Atlanta Hawks in the opening round of the 1989 NBA Playoffs. It marked the last time the Bucks would advance to the second round until 2000–01. In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bucks were swept by the eventual champions Detroit Pistons. (4) Atlanta Hawks vs. (5) Milwaukee Bucks: "Bucks win series 3–2" Last
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1988–89 Detroit Pistons season The 1988-89 NBA season was the Pistons' 41st season in the NBA and 32nd season in the Detroit metropolitan area. The Pistons moved from the Pontiac Silverdome to the brand-new Palace of Auburn Hills before the start of the season, which culminated in the Pistons' first NBA championship, sweeping the Lakers in four games in the NBA Finals a rematch from last year's NBA Finals and avenging their NBA Finals loss. Following the season, Rick Mahorn was picked up by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1989 expansion draft and was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers soon
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is the first meeting between the Magic and Pistons. 1995–96 Detroit Pistons season The 1995–96 NBA season was the Pistons' 48th season in the National Basketball Association, and 39th season in the city of Detroit. During the offseason, the Pistons hired Doug Collins as head coach while acquiring Otis Thorpe from the Portland Trail Blazers, who won a championship as a member of the Houston Rockets in the 1994 NBA Finals. Under Collins, the Pistons who were now led by second-year star Grant Hill and Allan Houston, played .500 basketball in the first half of the season, as the team
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Finals between the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers. The Pistons won the game 92–90 to clinch their second consecutive World Championship. As the soundtrack for their goodbye montage, CBS used "The Last Waltz" by The Band and Marvin Gaye's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" from the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, ending CBS Sports' relationship with the NBA after 17 years. While the network broadcast all five NBA Finals involving Larry Bird, all four NBA Finals involving Julius Erving, nine of the ten NBA Finals involving Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and eight of the nine NBA Finals involving Magic Johnson (with the
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1943–44 Fort Wayne Pistons season The 1943–44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons season was the third season of the franchise in the National Basketball League. The Pistons entered the season with the big three of league MVP Bobby McDermott, Buddy Jeanette and Jake Pelkington and off of two straight losses in the championship series. The team finished the season 18-4 and defeated the Cleveland Chase Brassmen in the first round in a two game sweep to earn their third straight finals birth and a rematch of last year against the Sheboygan Redskins. From there the Pistons swept the Redskins in 3
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third NBA championship. The Pistons posted double-digit wins in three of their four victories, and held the Lakers to a franchise-low 68 points in Game 3. Chauncey Billups was named NBA Finals MVP. With the win, Bill Davidson became the first owner to win both an NBA and NHL championship in the same year, as he had also won the Stanley Cup as owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Despite losing key members of their bench during the offseason (including Okur, Mike James and Corliss Williamson), the Pistons were considered a strong contender to win a second consecutive title in
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two teams met in the NBA Finals since 1989, when the Lakers and Pistons went up against each other. Only this time, the Jazz had home-court advantage even though both teams won 62 games, because they won the regular season series 2-0. However, the Bulls still won the series in 6 games, highlighted by Michael Jordan's last shot as a Bull in Game 6. 1997 NBA Finals The 1997 NBA Finals was the concluding series of the 1997 NBA Playoffs that determined the champion of the 1996–97 NBA season. The Western Conference champion Utah Jazz took on the Eastern Conference
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Otto volunteered to serve in the RAF, but was rejected when it was learned that his parents were still in Vienna. He then volunteered for factory work and was sent to a place producing pistons for fighter aircraft where he worked for a short time. At the age of 22, Otto became a professional gambler until the end of the war. Engaging in sports he was, for two years running, Chelsea & Kensington's 100-yard swimming champion. In the last year of the war, he made the final in the British Open Table tennis championship beating two highly ranked players on
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1995–96 Detroit Pistons season The 1995–96 NBA season was the Pistons' 48th season in the National Basketball Association, and 39th season in the city of Detroit. During the offseason, the Pistons hired Doug Collins as head coach while acquiring Otis Thorpe from the Portland Trail Blazers, who won a championship as a member of the Houston Rockets in the 1994 NBA Finals. Under Collins, the Pistons who were now led by second-year star Grant Hill and Allan Houston, played .500 basketball in the first half of the season, as the team signed free agent Michael Curry along the way. However,
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1988–89 Milwaukee Bucks season The 1988–89 NBA season was the Bucks' 21st season in the NBA. After finishing the regular season with 49 wins and 33 loses, the Bucks defeated the Atlanta Hawks in the opening round of the 1989 NBA Playoffs. It marked the last time the Bucks would advance to the second round until 2000–01. In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bucks were swept by the eventual champions Detroit Pistons. (4) Atlanta Hawks vs. (5) Milwaukee Bucks: "Bucks win series 3–2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference First Round (Atlanta won 3-2) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Milwaukee
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with captain Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, and Dennis Rodman among others. Mahorn played college basketball at Hampton University. He was a three-time NCAA Division II champion and NAIA All-American and owned 18 school records. In 1989, Mahorn won his only NBA championship with the Pistons. Though the Bad Boys went on to repeat in 1990, Mahorn was picked up in the 1989 NBA expansion draft only days after hoisting the '89 trophy, as teams were only able to protect 8 of their players from being "drafted." After he was selected by the new Minnesota Timberwolves, Pistons general manager Jack McCloskey
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Terry Mills signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat, and Michael Curry signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. For the season, the Pistons changed their logo and uniforms, adding teal to their color scheme. Their logo and uniforms both lasted until 2001. (4) Atlanta Hawks vs. (5) Detroit Pistons Last Playoff Meeting: 1991 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 3-2) 1996–97 Detroit Pistons season The 1996–97 NBA season was the Pistons' 49th season in the National Basketball Association, and 40th season in the city of Detroit. During the offseason, the Pistons re-signed free agent Rick Mahorn, who was a
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3-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 3-2) (2) New York Knicks vs. (6) Chicago Bulls: "Bulls win series 4-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1981 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago won 2-0) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Chicago Bulls: "Pistons win series 4-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4-1) 1988–89 Chicago Bulls season The 1988–89 NBA season was the Bulls' 23rd season in the National Basketball Association. The Bulls finished fifth in the Central Division with a 47–35 record. Michael Jordan led the league in scoring with 32.5 points per game, and was
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games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they defeated the top-seeded Indiana Pacers in six games to advance to the NBA Finals. In the Finals, the Pistons defeated the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers in four games to one, winning their third overall championship and first since 1990. Chauncey Billups was named Finals MVP. Following the season, Corliss Williamson was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, and second-year center Mehmet Okur signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz. (3) Detroit Pistons vs. (6) Milwaukee Bucks: "Pistons win series 4–1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit
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1957–58 Detroit Pistons season The 1957–58 NBA season was the Pistons' tenth season in the NBA and first season in the city of Detroit. The Pistons went 33–39 during the season, tied for second with the Cincinnati Royals, eight games behind the NBA World Champion St. Louis Hawks, but were awarded the second seed on tie-breakers. They defeated the Royals in two straight games in the West Semifinal series, but lost the West Finals to the Hawks in five games. (2) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Cincinnati Royals: "Pistons win series 2-0" Last Playoffs meeting: 1953 Western Division Semifinals (Pistons won
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Bend, Indiana. In 1987 he succeeded Gene Corrigan as the athletic director of Notre Dame, during which time the 1988 football team won the national championship. Rosenthal retired from the position in 1994, after the university entered the Big East Conference. Dick Rosenthal Richard Anthony Rosenthal (born January 20, 1930) was an American NBA forward with the Fort Wayne Pistons. He played collegiate basketball for the Notre Dame men's basketball team, where he averaged 16.4 points per game over his career. Rosenthal also played baseball at Notre Dame in 1952 and 1953. The Pistons drafted him in the first round
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Daly left to coach the New Jersey Nets, and John Salley was traded to the Miami Heat. Meanwhile, the Bulls-Pistons rivalry took another ugly turn as Thomas was left off the Dream Team coached by Daly, reportedly at the request of Michael Jordan. (4) New York Knicks vs. (5) Detroit Pistons: "Knicks win series 3–2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1990 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Detroit won 4–1) 1991–92 Detroit Pistons season The 1991–92 NBA season was the Pistons' 44th season in the National Basketball Association, and 35th season in the city of Detroit. During the offseason, the Pistons acquired Orlando Woolridge from
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score of 7–6. Nedohin's championship win was the seventh win by the home team of the host province and the first championship win for Alberta in fourteen years. The defending champions, skipped by Amber Holland, returned to their third Scotties in a row, for the first time wearing the red and white for Canada. They were looking to build momentum off of last year's success, when they won their first Canadian Women's Championship. The last time a team from Saskatchewan won back to back championships was in 1994 when Team Canada's Sandra Peterson (Schmirler) defeated Manitoba's Connie Laliberte to win
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not start in time. The Lakers went on to win the series, and advance to the NBA Finals where they lost to the Detroit Pistons. O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in the following offseason, and the Lakers missed the playoffs in 2005. Meanwhile, the Spurs won their third NBA Championship over the defending champion Pistons in a long, hard-fought 7-game series. The rivalry became dormant, as the Bryant-led Lakers started anew with a younger nucleus that lost in the first round in 2006 and 2007. Meanwhile, the Spurs were defeated by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 Western
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3-1; Hornets were in Charlotte at the time) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (4) Philadelphia 76ers Last Playoff Meeting: 1955 NBA Finals (Syracuse Nationals, the predecessor to the 76ers, won 4-3 over the Pistons, at the time located in Fort Wayne, Indiana) <nowiki>*</nowiki>Required overtime. 2002–03 Philadelphia 76ers season The 2002–03 NBA season was the 76ers 54th season in the National Basketball Association, and 40th season in Philadelphia. During the offseason, the Sixers acquired Keith Van Horn from the New Jersey Nets. Van Horn was originally drafted by the Sixers as the second pick in the 1997 NBA draft. The Sixers got
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time, but lost Game 7 to the Suns. 2006 was the playoff debut of LeBron James, who helped the Cavaliers eke out 1-point OT victories over the Washington Wizards in Games 5 and 6 of their first-round series to advance. It was their first playoff appearance since 1998, and they earned their first playoff series win since 1993. Against the two-time defending Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons, the Cavs were routed in Game 1 and lost Game 2 by 6 before winning the next 3 and being 1 game away from beating the Pistons. Detroit recovered and won the last
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six games. In 1988, the Celtics lost in six games to future champion Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals. Following the season, head coach K.C. Jones retired and was replaced by assistant Jimmy Rodgers. Boston's hopes for 1988–89 faded when only 6 games into the season Larry Bird underwent a procedure to remove bone spurs in his feet. Bird did not play until after the All-Star Break, and the Celtics won just 42 games before a first round playoff defeat to the Detroit Pistons, who would go on to win the championship. Bird returned in 1989–90 and led the
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season, as they swept the injury-riddled Pistons team. In a last show of defiance, most of the Pistons walked off the court with :08 left on the clock in a blowout loss at home so as not to congratulate the new Eastern Conference champions, though Joe Dumars, Vinnie Johnson, and John Salley did remain to shake the Bulls' hands. The Lakers were coming off a stunning second round loss to the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs. Even though the Lakers won 63 games that season, and Magic Johnson won league MVP and surpassed Oscar Robertson for the all-time career assist
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3-1" Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Eastern Conference First Round (Milwaukee won 3-1) (2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: "Bulls win series 4-1" Last Playoff Meeting: Not available (first playoff meeting) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (3) Chicago Bulls: "Pistons win series 4-3" Last Playoff Meeting: 1989 Eastern Conference Finals (Detroit won 4-2) 1989–90 Chicago Bulls season The 1989–90 NBA season was the Bulls' 24th season in the National Basketball Association. Despite their solid playoff run last year, the Bulls fired head coach Doug Collins and replaced him with Phil Jackson. Under Jackson, the Bulls finished the regular season with a
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one the Lakers played in since they moved to Los Angeles. Though the NBA has existed since 1947, this is the earliest NBA Finals played between two teams that still reside in their present (2018) locations. Champion: Los Angeles Lakers Division Semifinals (1) Los Angeles Lakers have division semifinals byes. (2) Cincinnati Royals vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Pistons win series 3-1" Last Playoffs meeting: 1958 Eastern Division Semifinals (Detroit won 2-0). Division Finals (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Detroit Pistons: "Lakers win series 4-2" Last Playoffs meeting: 1961 Western Division Semifinals (Los Angeles won 3-2). Champion: Boston Celtics Division
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two advanced to the finals. Sporting Praia had reached the national championship final 13 times, 11 with the playoff stage winning eight of them. The last time they won a champion title was last season in 2010. Atlético reached the national championship final twice and never won a title. Sporting Praia won their 9th and recent national football championship title, the club possessed the most national titles won until 2014 when Mindelense's total number of titles superseded Sporting Praia's totals by one. As champion, Sporting Praia achieved their first entry into the first national super cup that took place in
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shooting, forcing Boston to rely on McHale. Detroit wins series 4–2. In 1989, the teams met again, only this time the Pistons were the #1 seed, while the Bird-less Celtics were the #8 seed. As expected, the Pistons swept the Celtics. Detroit wins series 3–0. The Celtics and Pistons met one last time in 1991. Similar to 1988, Boston had home-court advantage, but lost to Detroit in 6. By this time however, Bird's health deteriorated, Thomas was injured and both teams had a new set of players. Detroit wins series 4–2. In 2002, the Celtics and Pistons met again, now
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(29 pts), Denmark (28 pts) and Poland (26 pts). Champion title was won after 19th heat, when Lindgren beat German Erik Pudel. Silver medal for Germany was won after last heat, when Frank Facher was last, but Danish Patrick Hougaard took only one point. Poland lost chance for a bronze medal after the 19th heat: Dawid Lampart won, but Danish Simon Nielsen took one point. The best rider in Final was Maciej Janowski from Poland (15 points in 6 heats). Janowski won 2nd heat the best time (62.16 sek.). Heat after heat 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship The 2008
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"Lakers win series 4-0" Last Playoff Meeting: 1967 Western Division Semifinals (San Francisco won 3-0) Champion: Boston Celtics Division Semifinals (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (3) New York Knicks: "76ers win series 4-2" Last Playoff Meeting: 1959 Eastern Division Semifinals (Syracuse, the predecessor to Philadelphia, won 3-2) (2) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Detroit Pistons: "Celtics win series 4-2" This is the first playoff meeting between the Celtics and the Pistons. Division Finals (1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Boston Celtics: "Celtics win series 4-3" Last Playoff Meeting: 1967 Eastern Division Finals (Philadelphia won 4-1) (2) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Los Angeles Lakers:
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the Pistons before he was waived and signed by the Orlando Magic, who released Smith after only six games. Smith then signed with the Denver Nuggets, where he would remain for the rest of the season. Smith played sparingly for the playoff-bound Pistons and the Magic, but got the last meaningful playing time of his career with the Nuggets, a team that won only 21 games that season. Smith averaged 7.9 points and 3.1 assists while playing just under twenty minutes per game. Overall, Smith averaged 6.3 points and 2.4 assists per game, the lowest averages of his career, while
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NBA championship of his career. In the 1988–89 NBA season, Johnson's 22.5 points, 12.8 assists, and 7.9 rebounds per game earned him his second MVP award, and the Lakers reached the 1989 NBA Finals, in which they again faced the Pistons. However, after Johnson went down with a hamstring injury in Game 2, the Lakers were no match for the Pistons, who swept them 4–0. Playing without Abdul-Jabbar for the first time, Johnson won his third MVP award after a strong 1989–90 NBA season in which he averaged 22.3 points, 11.5 assists, and 6.6 rebounds per game. However, the Lakers
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place, but Ioseliani won the subsequent playoff 3-2, earning the right to challenge the reigning champion for the title. The championship match was played in Telavi in 1988. This time, challenger Ioseliani put real pressure on the champion, especially when she won the penultimate game, reducing Chiburdanidze's lead to one point. In the end, however, the champion forced a draw with Black in the last game and held onto her title (in what would turn out to be her last successful defense). Women's World Chess Championship 1988 The 1988 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Maia Chiburdanidze, who successfully
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come three days later, when they waived Donny Marshall. Bold = All-Star selection (2) New Jersey Nets vs. (7) Milwaukee Bucks Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Eastern Conference First Round (Milwaukee won 3–0) <nowiki>*</nowiki>Required overtime. (2) New Jersey Nets vs. (6) Boston Celtics Last Playoff Meeting: 2002 Eastern Conference Finals (New Jersey won 4-2) (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (2) New Jersey Nets Last Playoff Meeting: 1985 Eastern Conference First Round (Detroit won 3–0) (W1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (E2) New Jersey Nets Last Playoff Meeting: 1976 ABA Semifinals (Nets won 4-3; they were based in Uniondale, New York) 2002–03 New Jersey
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(Detroit won 4-3) 1990–91 Detroit Pistons season The 1990–91 NBA season was the Pistons' 43rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th season in the city of Detroit. The Pistons entered the season as the two-time defending NBA champions and looked to win a third consecutive title. The team posted a nine-game winning streak in November as they finished the first month of the season with a 13–2 record. However, they would lose six of their next seven games in early December. Midway through the season, the Pistons won eleven consecutive games, finishing second in the Central Division with
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into an NBA Finals rematch with the Lakers. This time the Pistons came out victorious in a four-game sweep to win their first NBA championship. Joe Dumars was named NBA Finals MVP. The Pistons successfully defended their title in 1990, despite losing Mahorn to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the expansion draft. After winning 59 games and a third straight division title, the Pistons cruised through the first two rounds of the playoffs before playing a tough Eastern Conference Finals series against Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and the Chicago Bulls. Facing each other for the third straight season, the Pistons and
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averaged 11.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game; the Gators won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season championship and advanced to NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. Macklin graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 2011. Macklin was selected with the 52nd overall pick in 2011 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons. On March 11, 2012, he was assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA D-League. On April 9, 2012, he was recalled by the Pistons. In July 2012, Macklin joined the Pistons for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On August 19, 2012,
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the Pistons. NBA.com reported that "with his unique multidimensional talent, Duncan depleted and dissected the Pistons... He was the fulcrum of virtually every key play down the stretch", and coach Popovich added: "[Duncan's] complete game is so sound, so fundamental, so unnoticed at times, because if he didn't score, people think, 'Well, he didn't do anything'. But he was incredible and he was the force that got it done for us." Pistons center Ben Wallace remarked: "He put his team on his shoulders and carried them to a championship [...t]hat's what the great players do." Duncan won his third NBA
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crosstown rivals, 4–0. The franchise had not swept the Lakers since 1974–75, when the Clippers were the Buffalo Braves. It was also the first time in 20 years since 1992–93 that the Clippers won the season series against the Lakers. Although this was enough to net them home-court advantage in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history, they lost their first-round series to the Memphis Grizzlies in six games. Following the season, Hill and Odom both retired and Chauncey Billups re-signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons, where he would spend his last season in.
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Trail Blazers in 1977, and the Washington Bullets defeating the SuperSonics in 1978. The SuperSonics managed to exact revenge in the following season, however, as they won their first franchise title in 1979. Between 1980 and 1990, the Celtics, 76ers, Lakers, or the Detroit Pistons won every NBA Finals. From 1980 to 1990, the Lakers won five titles (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988); the Celtics won three (1981, 1984, and 1986); the Pistons won twice (1989 and 1990); and the 76ers won once (1983). The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game featured Magic Johnson's Michigan State University
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won the Munster title for the first time since 1955, were lining out in a first All-Ireland final since 1940 when they claimed their sixth championship crown. The two teams last met in a major game in the semi-final of the 1971-1972 National Hurling League. Limerick were the winners on that occasion with a score line of 3-13 to 2-13. Both teams last met in the championship in the 1940 All-Ireland final when Limerick won. The 1973 All-Ireland final was the sixth championship clash between the two. Limerick had three victories - the All-Ireland finals of 1897, 1936 and 1940
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Micheal Williams Micheal Douglas Williams (born July 23, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Out of Baylor University, Williams was selected with the 48th overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons with whom he played 49 games in his rookie season, averaging 2.4 points and 1.4 assists per game. The Pistons won the NBA championship in his rookie year. Williams was traded by Detroit to the Phoenix Suns on draft day of 1991, along with the Pistons' first-round draft pick (27th overall) of
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deficit to win Game 3 and then posted another comeback win in Game 4. The Bulls' four-game sweep of the defending champions stunned many NBA observers. It was Chicago's first playoff series victory since 1998, Jordan's last season with the team. The Bulls then advanced to face the Detroit Pistons, marking the first time the Central Division rivals had met in the playoffs since 1991. The Pistons won the first three games including a big comeback in Game 3. No NBA team had ever come back from a 0–3 deficit to win the series, but the Bulls avoided a sweep
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Skins. This was the first playoff meeting between the Packers and Blackhawks. This was the first playoff meeting between the Nationals and Warriors. Last playoff meeting: 1949 Eastern Division Finals (Washington won 2-1) Last playoff meeting: 1949 Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2-0) This was the first playoff meeting between the Royals and Pistons. This was the first playoff meeting between the Olympians and Packers. This was the first playoff meeting between the Nationals and Knicks. This was the first playoff meeting between the Lakers and Pistons. (1) Syracuse Nationals have Division semifinals byes. This was the first playoff meeting
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to the Detroit Pistons for Dantley, who was also one of the league’s top scorers, and a first round draft pick on February 15, 1989. After Aguirre joined them, the Pistons won the NBA title in 1988-89 and repeated as champions in 1989–90. He showed he could blend into a successful team by taking fewer shots, playing hard on defense, and not complaining when Rodman's minutes increased greatly over time. In the 1990 playoffs, which culminated with a five-game Finals win over Portland, Aguirre averaged 11.0 points. Aguirre played three more seasons with the Pistons in an increasingly limited role,
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joining the Pistons. Stats reflect time with the Pistons only. Denotes traded mid-season. 2017–18 Detroit Pistons season The 2017–18 Detroit Pistons season was the 77th season of the franchise, the 70th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the first in Midtown Detroit. The Pistons moved from The Palace of Auburn Hills to the new Little Caesars Arena before the start of the season. This was the first season where the Pistons have played in Detroit on a regular basis since 1978. This would also be the last season with Stan Van Gundy being both the team's head coach and
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won Polish Championship 7 time was 4th. 2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship The 2008 Individual Speedway Polish Championship (, IMP) is the 2008 version of Individual Speedway Polish Championship organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM). The Final took place on August 9, 2008 in Leszno. Last time Final was took in Leszno in 1989 season when Wojciech Załuski beat Jan Krzystyniak and Tomasz Gollob. Defending Champion Rune Holta (Gorzów Wlkp.) was 12th. First time Individual Polish Championship was won by Adam Skórnicki (Poznań, former Leszno's rider) who beat former permanent Grand Prix riders Jarosław Hampel (Leszno) and Grzegorz Walasek
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1989 NBA Finals The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 NBA season. The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. During the season, the Lakers had won their division, with Magic Johnson collecting his second MVP award. The team swept the first three playoff series (Pacific Division foes: Portland, Seattle, and Phoenix), resulting in a rematch with the Detroit Pistons in the Finals. However, starting off guard Byron Scott suffered a hamstring injury in practice before Game 1 and was ruled out of the
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1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final was held on the 14 September 1997 and contested between Clare and Tipperary. It was a historic occasion in the history of the championship as it was the first time that two counties from the same province were appearing in the championship decider. Both sides had already met during the year in the Munster final when Clare defeated Tipperary. Clare had last won the All-Ireland title two years earlier in 1995 when they defeated Offaly while Tipperary last claimed the championship title in 1991 when they beat Kilkenny.
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NBL from 1938 to 1949, led the league in defense five times, appeared in five championship series and won the 1942–43 title, defeating the league-leading Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (today's Detroit Pistons) in the finals. They were undone by the 1949 merger of the NBL into the NBA. The other league that merged into the NBA, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) had more money, played in larger cities, and generally fielded better teams. The Red Skins did not fit well, left the league, and joined the short-lived NPBL. When the NPBL folded, the team went back to its independent
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The game was won and lost in the five minutes preceding the interval with Wexford leading 1-1 to 0-2 in the 20th minute when, Rosie Hennessy and Anne Comerford, last year’s captain, cracked home three Cork goals. 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1971 season. The championship was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford by a 13-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 4,000. Kilkenny won the Leinster Championship for the first time when they defeated Dublin 5–3 to 4–3 and received an unexpected bye
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also played briefly for the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Detroit Pistons before leaving the NBA in 1993 to embark on a lengthy overseas career. Sellers played in Spain, Israel, Greece (Aris BC), and France before retiring in 2000 to become community liaison director for his hometown. In 1991, at the Greek Championships Final, Sellers made a 3-point-play(a basket and a foul) which won the game and gave Aris BC its last championship won until today. Sellers also has become a media personality in Cleveland as he is a postgame analyst for Cleveland Cavaliers radio broadcasts, and a Cavaliers/NBA analyst for
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of last-second free throws by Abdul-Jabbar following a controversial foul called on Bill Laimbeer, referred to by many as a "phantom foul". With Thomas unable to compete at full strength, the Pistons narrowly fell in Game 7, 108–105. Prior to the 1988–89 season, the Pistons moved to Auburn Hills to play at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The 1989 Pistons completed the building of their roster by trading Dantley for Mark Aguirre, a trade that Pistons' fans would criticize heavily initially, but later praise. The team won 63 games, shattering their one-year-old franchise record, and steamrolled through the playoffs and
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prove that they were ready to overcome the sting of coming up short the previous year, and win the NBA title. L.A.'s hopes for another championship took a turn for the worse when Byron Scott and Johnson both suffered season-ending hamstring injuries. The Pistons' physical style of play and superior defense also proved to be too much for the Lakers to overcome, as Detroit swept Los Angeles in 4 games and captured their 1st ever NBA Championship. Pistons shooting guard Joe Dumars was awarded NBA Finals MVP honors. After the series, Abdul-Jabbar retired. The series would also turn out to
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Lakers. In the rematch, the underdog Pistons, led by Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince, and coached by Larry Brown, upset the star-studded future Hall-of-Fame Lakers team of Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton, and coached by Phil Jackson, in five games. 1989 NBA Finals The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 NBA season. The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. During the season, the Lakers had won their division, with Magic Johnson collecting his
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