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The Pistons’ third period of success, with former on-court star Dumars serving as general manager and building a top team from other franchises’ discards, occurred between 2001–02 and 2007–08 when the team won fifty games or more during every season, including a third NBA title in 2003–04 and a franchise record total of wins two ...
The team was led on the season by guard Isiah Thomas (22.9 ppg, 7.8 apg, NBA All-Star), center Bill Laimbeer (13.6 ppg, 12.1 rpg, NBA All-Star) and forward Kelly Tripucka (26.5 ppg). With the disappointing record and frequent clashes with team leader Thomas, the team fired coach Scotty Robertson at the end of the season.
This category contains articles pertaining to the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association.The franchise was founded in 1941 as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in the National Basketball League and as the Fort Wayne Pistons when they joined the Basketball Association of America, which was the predecessor to the NBA.
With the 126-115 loss to the Nets Saturday, Detroit is now tied with the 2010-2011 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2014-2015 Philadelphia 76ers for the longest single-season record at 26 games.
[1] [9] George Yardley set the NBA single-season scoring record in the Pistons' first season in Detroit, becoming the first player to score 2,000 points in a season. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The Pistons played in Olympia Stadium (home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) at the time) for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo ...
The Detroit Pistons are one of the NBA’s winningest franchises, even in the midst of a 16-year drought without a playoff win, the league's longest.. Only four teams have won more championships ...
It continues what may end up being their bleakest year — from Feb. 12 through Saturday, the Pistons are 4-41. That’s a 7.3 win pace over an 82-game season, which would be the worst mark in NBA ...
The 2000–01 NBA season was the Pistons' 60th season as a franchise, the 53rd in the National Basketball Association, and the 44th in the Detroit area. [1] The Pistons received the fourteenth overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft , and selected Mateen Cleaves out of Michigan State University .