[273] The Pistons finished the 202122 season at 2359, missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season. [213][214][215] According to Crain's Detroit Business, the final sale price was $325 million, far lower than expected. 2023 www.freep.com. Thomas and Laimbeer drew criticism for not shaking hands and left the court with 7.9 seconds left in the . Our first NBA champions? 'The Jordan Rules': What to know about the defense the 'Bad Boys [13][14] The closing moments included a palming turnover by the Pistons' George Yardley with 18 seconds left, a foul by Frank Brian with 12 seconds left that enabled King's winning free throw, and a turnover by the Pistons' Andy Phillip in the final seconds which cost them a chance to attempt the game winning shot. [45] In the 1985 playoffs, Detroit won its first-round series and faced the defending champion Boston Celtics in the conference semifinals. [73] The most critical injury during this time belonged to Isiah Thomas, who had suffered a wrist injury a few months prior to the NBA playoffs. They missed the playoffs for the eighth time in ten years. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? [1] [8] In 1957, the franchise moved to Detroit. Attendance: Jan 30 @ ATL, DET (30-14) beat ATL, 112-95, 45. 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The Detroit Pistons Bad Boys! The league's all-time leading scorer, then 42 years old, had just seven points on 2-for-8 shooting in his farewell. I think we play clean basketball. [227], After starting the 201415 season with a 523 record, the Pistons waived Josh Smith, who was acquired in the summer of 2013. That moment came 31 years ago Saturday night, at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. I cant describe it, I cant, Isiah Thomas said afterward, his face dripping champagne. [235][236] The Pistons entered the 201516 season with a stronger roster than the previous season, although they lost starter Greg Monroe to the Milwaukee Bucks in free agency. They scored their revenge the following year. Pistons Rewind:Remembering one of the most brutal losses in Detroit sports history. . [119] They won 54 games during the regular season, their fourth consecutive season of 50 or more wins. Now, before anyone calls me a hater, let me just make it clear- the Pistons are an all-time great team, I just don't see how they frequently get ranked in the top 5 or top 10 teams of all time. Mar 24 @ SAS, DET (51-17) lost to SAS, 98-105, 69. But Who were the Detroit Piston Bad Boys? Dec 1 @ LAL, DET (10-5) beat LAL, 108-97, 16. [228] The team went on a lengthy winning streak, but finished the season with a record of only 3250 after Brandon Jennings' Achilles injury. As the Bulls blew out the Pistons in Game 4 in Detroit, the Pistons walked off the court without giving the Bulls a chance to shake their hands. [267][268] The Pistons finished the season with a 2046 record. Mar 30 @ BOS, DET (52-19) lost to BOS, 111-123, 73. Central Division, PTS/G: [134], The top-seeded Pistons defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 41 in the first round of the 2006 NBA playoffs, but struggled in the second round against the Cleveland Cavaliers, falling behind 32 before winning in seven games. [46] They also acquired Rick Mahorn in a trade with the Washington Bullets. You never lose respect for the champions. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, WL% = Winning percentage. [290], The positive view of the team was not universal with Michael Jordan declaring "the Bad Boys are bad for basketball,"[291] later adding "I hated them. Mar 9 @ NJN, DET (46-15) beat NJN, 99-95, 62. The NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA in 1949, and the Pistons became part of the merged league. [183] In the pivotal Game 5 they lost 106102, despite rallying from 17 points down late in the game. Mar 20 @ MIL, DET (51-15) beat MIL, 117-96, 67. [159] The Pistons never recovered as they were eliminated in Game 6, 9882. Nov 21, DET (6-4) lost to ATL, 96-103, 12. [241] On April 6, 2016, following a 108104 win over the Orlando Magic, the Pistons reached 42 wins and were assured their first winning season since the 200708 season. [168][169] In the 2008 NBA playoffs, Detroit started out poorly with a Game 1 loss to the seventh-seeded Philadelphia 76ers and found themselves in a 21 deficit. The dirty play and the flagrant fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct. The Bad Boys : nbadiscussion - Reddit [286][287], The end of season video yearbook produced by the NBA was titled Bad Boys. Not 'Bad Boys' Anymore, the Pistons Just Want to Be Good Again [95] However, Dumars worked a sign and trade with Orlando that brought the Pistons Ben Wallace and Chucky Atkins in exchange for Hill. The Pistons used a balanced attack in the 1989 series finale, with six players scoring in double-figures, as they rallied from a double-digit deficit in the first half. Data Provided By [130][131] Brown was promptly named head coach of the New York Knicks, while the Pistons hired Flip Saunders, formerly of the Minnesota Timberwolves. In particular, there are accusations that the team may have intentionally lost the 1955 NBA Finals to the Syracuse Nationals. The Bad Boys Capture Back-To-Back Championships: Pistons Fans, Players In that game, Isiah Thomas scored an NBA Finals record 25 points in the third quarter while playing on a severely sprained ankle. [226] On May 14, 2014, Stan Van Gundy was hired. These bunch of players were known for their very aggressive playing style that saw their. [257], On January 29, 2018, the Pistons announced they had acquired all-star forward Blake Griffin along with Willie Reed and Brice Johnson from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, a 2018 first-round draft pick, and a 2019 second-round draft pick. [9], There are suggestions that Pistons players conspired with gamblers to shave points and throw various games during the 195354 and 195455 seasons. Detroit Piston Bad Boys - Basketball Noise [258], The Pistons finished the 201718 season with a 3943 record. How the Detroit Pistons came to be known as the Bad Boys This time, the Pistons came out victorious in a four-game sweep to win their first NBA championship. Instead, in 1978, he moved the team to the suburb of Pontiac, where they played in the 82,000 capacity Silverdome, a structure built for professional football (and the home of the Detroit Lions at the time). [196] The Pistons finished the season at 3943, their first losing season in eight years. Instead, on this magic night, against the defending world champions, it was captain Isiah Thomas down the middle like a bullet, driving and flipping and passing every Laker en route to a lay-up. [125] In the NBA Finals, the Pistons faced the San Antonio Spurs. Now, more than 30 years. [99] The franchise also returned to its traditional red, white, and blue colors. It was the exclamation point on a. Record: This is so great!. [202][203] That same month, the Pistons lost their two key members during the last few years, veterans Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess. [174], In addition to losing Game 3 badly, 11186, the Pistons also lost all-star point guard and team leader Chauncey Billups to a hamstring injury. Joe Dumars led the waywith 23 points, making 13 of 17 free throws. Per FiveThirtyEight, the more unsportsmanlike they were, the more they won. Net Rtg: +6.4 (3rd of 27), Preseason Odds: (Series Stats)Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers Playoffs were always his favorite bit of the season wherein the intensity was high, competition touched the roof and opponents offered no mercy. [153][154][155] The Bulls avoided elimination by winning Games 4 and 5, but the Pistons closed out the series, 9585, in Game 6 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth consecutive season. [1] They also won the World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1944, 1945 and 1946. [35][36][37][38] Hope was then placed in Dick Vitale in 1978, the former head coach at the University of Detroit, but he was fired the following season, and the team limped into the 1980s with a 1666 record in 197980. [78][79] In the 199192 season, the Pistons finished with a 4834 record. The game is best remembered for LeBron James' performance where he scored the Cavaliers' final 29 of 30 points, including the team's final 25 points, to help defeat the Pistons 109107 in double overtime. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Michael Jordan 'Last Dance': A timeline of Bulls, 'Bad Boys' Pistons [60][61][62][63] The team won 63 games, shattering their one-year-old franchise record, and steamrolled through the playoffs and into an NBA Finals rematch with the Lakers. It was also the final game of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's storied NBA career. In 1989, the Pistons were stronger and posted a season-best record of 63-19. Jan 26, DET (28-14) beat PHO, 107-103, 43. The Palace of Auburn Hills [180][181] Immediately following that, the Celtics won their first road game of the postseason, 9480, in Game 3. Nov 7 @ CHI, DET (2-1) lost to CHI, 114-117, 4. Feb 27, DET (41-15) beat HOU, 106-102, 57. Mahorn was born in 1958 in Connecticut . Laimbeer was the main reason why the "Bad Boy" Pistons of the 1980s and 90s got their infamous name. [44], Initially, the Pistons had difficulty moving up the NBA ladder. ", "NBA Expansion Draft: Timberwolves Get Mahorn; Lakers Lose Rivers", "1989-90 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats", "1990 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Bulls vs. Pistons", "An Historic Look At The NBA Finals' 2-3-2 Format", "From every angle, the Microwave could get hot on the court", "Pippen and Bulls first had to beat Detroit's Bad Boys", "Thomas' Injury Signals Finish of Pistons' Reign", "Why did the Pistons walk off the court without shaking hands with Jordan's Bulls? [277] After the last game of the season on April 9, 2023, Dwane Casey stepped down as head coach to join the front office. However, they were defeated by the Philadelphia Warriors in five games. [204][205] On July 8, 2009, the Pistons hired former Cavaliers assistant coach John Kuester to be the new head coach. [188] On November 3, 2008, the Pistons traded key members Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. Bill Laimbeer was the most hated man in the NBA during his playing days. "[185] After that, the Celtics went on to win the 2008 NBA Finals. [278] The regular radio announcers are Mark Champion with play-by-play and Rick Mahorn with color commentary. [47] However, the team took a step backwards, losing in the first round of the 1986 playoffs to the more athletic Atlanta Hawks. Just How Bad Were the 'Bad Boys'? - FiveThirtyEight [189] Indeed, Joe Dumars previously made it clear that no player on the team was guaranteed a position, bluntly saying they lost their sacred cow status. No, the Pistons were turning a page, and for some damn reason that meant burying the history of the best team in franchise history. [168] The Boston Celtics held the first seed, and many speculated that Boston was their main competition in the Eastern Conference. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. And that hate carries even to this day. [114][113][115] Many analysts gave the Pistons little chance to win against their opponent, the Los Angeles Lakers, who had won three out of the previous four NBA championships and who fielded a star-studded lineup that included Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, and Karl Malone. After the series, Michael Jordan said, "You see two different styles with us and them. List of the last five seasons completed by the Pistons. 3 lottery odds", "Detroit Pistons whacked 103-81 by Chicago Bulls in Dwane Casey's final game as coach", "Detroit Pistons in danger of historic franchise futility mark", "Pistons returning to 97.1 FM The Ticket", "Detroit Pistons Basketball on Bally Sports Detroit", "Pistons go retro, unveil new logo downtown", "Detroit Pistons add new Hooper for Summer League; is that you, dad? The rough bad-boy fighting style of the Raiders fits our image. However, the clock had stopped shortly into the play. draft, the culmination of years of mediocrity. Even with the Pistons in the rear-view mirror, Jordan recognized the need to continue lifting weights. [160], In the 2007 NBA draft, the Pistons selected Rodney Stuckey with the 15th overall pick and Arron Afflalo with the 27th overall pick. [208][209] On March 23, 2010, the Pistons were eliminated from playoff contention with a loss to the Indiana Pacers. [145], To replace Ben Wallace, the Pistons signed Nazr Mohammed. Jan 13, DET (25-12) beat POR, 111-106, 38. Though Boston prevailed in six games, Detroit's surprise performance promised that a rivalry had begun. 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. He didn't have much of an impact on the team, as he averaged only 2 points-per-game. [282], On May 16, 2017, the Pistons unveiled a new logo, which is a modernized version of the previous "Bad Boys" era logo used from 1979 to 1996. [259] On May 7, 2018, the Pistons announced that Stan Van Gundy would not return as head coach and president of basketball operations. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. [24][84][85][86] They bottomed out in the 199394 season, finishing with a 2062 record. [244][245], Beginning with the 197879 season, the Pistons played their home games in suburban Oakland County, directly north of Detroit/Wayne County, first playing ten seasons at the Pontiac Silverdome and then playing at The Palace of Auburn Hills starting in the 198889 season. Mar 22 @ HOU, DET (51-16) lost to HOU, 110-115, 68. Find out more. [170][171] However, the Pistons rallied to defeat the Sixers in six games. Opp PTS/G: [129] Meanwhile, Brown was forced to leave the team on two occasions due to health concerns. Apr 10 @ NYK, DET (55-21) beat NYK, 108-98, 78. Apr 19, DET (57-23) lost to PHI, 97-107, 81. Here's the opening excerpt fromAlbom's game column in the Free Press: In the end, there would be no denying them; they wanted this more than life itself. [66] After splitting the first two games at The Palace, the Pistons went to Portland, where they had not won a game since 1974, to play Games 3, 4 and 5. Do you have a sports website? [80][87] However, this period also saw the team make numerous questionable personnel decisions, such as the loss of free agent Allan Houston to the New York Knicks,[88] the signing of free agent washouts Loy Vaught and Bison Dele;[89] and head coaching changes from Ron Rothstein to Don Chaney to Doug Collins to Alvin Gentry to George Irvine in an eight-year span. Championship +300, Arena: The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. Apr 14, DET (57-22) beat ORL, 111-107, 80. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. The "Bad Boy" Pistons were known for their physical play, which they took to new extremes against Jordan in the playoffs. The "Bad Boys" were largely responsible for the demise of the great Lakers and Celtics teams of the '80s. [151] The team advanced to face the Chicago Bulls, marking the first time that the Central Division rivals had met in the postseason since 1991. [270] The Pistons finished the 202021 season with the second-worst record in the league at 2052, missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. No more waiting. Apr 5 @ ATL, DET (54-19) beat ATL, 104-99, 74. . [92][97] However, Hill played only 47 games in the following three seasons due to a recurring ankle injury. [22][246][247] Pistons owner Tom Gores, Palace Sports & Entertainment vice chairman Arn Tellum, and Olympia Entertainment, the Ilitch family's holding company that controls the Red Wings and Tigers, had been in negotiations over a partnership since the summer of 2015, with the Pistons possibly relocating to the new Little Caesars Arena as soon as the 201718 season. [172], In the semifinals, the Pistons faced the Orlando Magic. Gone were the red-white-and-blue colors of the Pistons' championship teams of the late 1980s. No more excuses. [1][8] In 1957, the franchise moved to Detroit. Remembering 1988, when Dodgers and Lakers both won titles - Los Angeles The Bulls outplayed the Bad Boys Pistons and won each game by at least eight points. The Detroit Pistons built a team in the late 80s that were considered to be Bad Boys, literally. In 1984, the Pistons lost a tough five-game series to the underdog New York Knicks, 32. [1][17][18][19] They lost the Detroit Eagles due to World War II, both the Detroit Gems of the NBL (whose remnants became the Minneapolis Lakers) and the Detroit Falcons of the BAA in 1947, and the Detroit Vagabond Kings in 1949. Who were the Detriot Piston Bad Boys? [278][279] There are several affiliate stations throughout Michigan. "[51] Pistons announcer George Blaha said, "I think the people of Detroit and all across Michigan loved the Pistons' don't-back-down-ever mentality. [80][81] In the first round of the 1992 NBA playoffs, the Pistons were defeated by the New York Knicks in five games. 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