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The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena, located in Midtown Detroit. The team was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner ...
Charles Jerome Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009) was an American basketball head coach.He led the Detroit Pistons to two consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1989 and 1990—during the team's "Bad Boys" era—and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") to the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The 1980s team, known as "the Bad Boys" due to their physical playing style, won both the 1989 and 1990 NBA Finals under Daly. [4] The Pistons won their third and most recent title in the 2004 NBA Finals under Larry Brown. [4] Since joining the NBA, the Pistons have had 37 head coaches. Carl Bennett was the franchise's first head coach, leading ...
The New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons on Monday, but controversy swirled involving what the Pistons head coach called the “absolute worst call of the season.”
Joe Dumars, a member of the Detroit Pistons teams that won titles in 1989 and 1990, is the NBA's latest disciplinarian. Former Pistons Bad Boy now playing by the rules in role with NBA Skip to ...
Following an extended era of mediocrity the Pistons, led by the Hall of Fame backcourt of Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars and nicknamed the "Bad Boys" for their intimidating defence, posted winning records every seasons from 1983–84 to 1991–92, and after narrowly losing in 1988, ended the Lakers dynasty of the 1980s the following season and ...
William Laimbeer Jr. (born May 19, 1957) is an American former professional basketball coach and player who spent the majority of his career with the Detroit Pistons.Known for his physical style of play, he played a big part in the Pistons earning the nickname the “Bad Boys" in the mid-1980s before helping them win back-to-back NBA championships.
Detroit Pistons 2023-24 City Edition uniforms honor the Bad Boys era: Black, orange, grey and white colorway, with “Detroit” in classic script font.