The Detroit Pistons have been pounding the court for 65 years and have since earned two NBL Championships (1943-44, and 1944-45) and two NBA Championships in 1988-89 and 1989-90. Will this be the season where they add another to the list? Head coach Flip Saunders hopes so, and is making the moves necessary to secure a victory. With a Victoria in 2003-04, they are on a hot winning streak and just may take it all the way again this year.

As with every new season, a series of new faces arrive to NBA teams and the Pistons are no exception. Joining them for 2005-06 are Alex Acker, Amir Johnson, and Jason Maxiell. All players seem promising and are sure to have a positive impact on the performance of the team. Seasoned Vets like Richard Hamilton, Antonio McDyess and Ben Wallace will certainly set the tone this season with their amazing skills on the court, and hopefully it will be enough to drive them to another NBA championship, after more than a decade since their last win, the Pistons are certainly ready to bring it back to Detroit.

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A brief history of the Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association Team based out of Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Pistons are currently owned by William Davidson and coached by Flip Saunders. The Pistons play in the Eastern Conferences Central Division. They play their home games at the Palace in Auburn Hills. Auburn Hills is located just 33 miles north of downtown Detroit. The Palace was opened in 1988 and is also home to the WNBAs Detroit Shock. The Palace currently seats over 22,000 basketball fans..

The Detroit Pistons have won 3 NBA Championships and appeared in 29 playoffs since their inception in 1949. The franchise was originally known as the Fort Wayne Pistons. They played in 1948 in the National Basketball League (NBL) and were owned by Fred Zollner. The Zollner Corporation manufactured Pistons, thus the nickname Pistons was born. It was Zollner that financed the formation of the NBA from the NBL and BAA in 1949. The Pistons were one of the charter franchises of the NBA in 1950.

The Pistons were a very formidable foe in the early 1950s and made back to back NBA Finals Appearances in 1955 and 1956, loosing both series. In order to make the team more profitable, Zollner moved his team to Detroit in 1957. The Pistons played their home games at old Detroit Olympia Stadium from 1957 through 1961 when a new venue was opened, the Cobo Arena. After making the playoffs 14 of their first 15 seasons in the NBA, the Pistons slumped from 1964 through 1974, making the playoffs only once. In 1978, Zollner sold his team to Bill Davidson, who remains the owner today. Davidson moved the Pistons from downtown Detroit to Pontiac in 1978. They played their home games at the Pontiac Silverdome, a football stadium, from 1978 through 1988.

The Detroit Pistons reached the playoffs 4four consecutive seasons from 1974 through 1977 and then slipped out of the playoffs for the next 6 seasons. The Pistons began to turn their fortunes around in 1984 when they hired Chuck Daley to be their head coach. The Pistons began to assemble talented players to surround their superstar guard, Isiah Thomas. By 1987, the Pistons were knocking on the door of the NBA Titles with hard nosed players like Bill Laimbeer, Vinny Johnson, Dennis Rodman, John Salley and Rick Mahorn. The Pistons moved to their new home in Auburn Hills in 1988 and reached the NBA Finals that same season only to loose to the Los Angeles Lakers in 7 games. The Pistons returned to the Finals in 1989 and 1990, winning back to back NBA Titles with a stingy defense and an opportunistic offense.

The Detroit Pistons returned to earth after the 1991 title and slowly the team began to disassemble. By 1993, their nucleus of role players was gone and so was their head coach Chuck Daley. The Pistons were out of the playoffs in 1993 for the first time in 9 seasons. Over the next decade, the Pistons flirted with greatness but were never able to reach the success of the late 1980s team. The Pistons won their division title in 2002 and 2003. In 2004, they hired a new coach, Larry Brown. They reached the playoffs with 54 wins, their highest total since 1989. With a lineup that included more role players than super stars, the Pistons surprise everyone by winning the Eastern Conference Championship and followed that up with a shocking 4 games to 1 defeat of the Los Angeles Lakers for their third NBA Title. The 2004 Pistons included hard nosed players like Richard Hamilton, Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace. The Pistons returned to the NBA Finals in 2005 but lost a close 7 games series to the San Antonio Spurs.

The 2006 Detroit Pistons, coached by Flip Saunders, won a franchise record 64 games during the regular season. The Pistons remarkable 2006 season ended in the Eastern Conference Finals when they lost to the Miami Heat in 6 games. Piston Ticket holders are set for another run at an NBA title in 2006/2007 and most experts agree that the Pistons are one of the favorites to win it all!