Why The 2004 Detroit Pistons Were Not Able To Repeat

2005- Could’ve won the finals but Rasheed let Robert Horry hit a 3 at the end in game 5 2006- Dwayne Wade made himself known. 2007- Lebron made himself known. Could’ve used Ben Wallace but the Pistons let him walk. 2008- Injuries and Boston being stacked at the time What finished it off was trading Chauncey

If only the Pistons were able to draft Melo or Wade in 03 instead of Darko…we could have witnessed a Motor City dynasty

Spurs fanatic here. The pistons spurs finals was the most nervous coming into a series I’d been as a fan and it was warranted. I think that series doesn’t get enuf credit as one of the best ever

From 2002-2008 the Pistons made it to every Eastern Conference Finals. One of the most dominant eras for a team ever. So underrated.

One of the most underrated teams in NBA History. Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Ben Wallace. That squad was stacked. If only they hadn’t taken Darko.

As a pistons fan this hurts but that 04 team was glorious

That Darko pick is like nightmare scenario for any team. Imagine missing out of a couple hall of fame guys.

When I was still young, I thought Big Ben and Sheed were actual brothers similar to the Undertaker and Kane. 😅

The biggest underdog team that no one expected!! Always will appreciate that defensive presence!!

As a Pistons fan, this hurts. 😢

2005 finals was the best finals ive seen. It was intense. I think no team scored 100 in that 7 game series against the spurs.

It’s remarkable to think since their 6th straight ECF, they’ve only made 3 playoff appearances all as fringe 8th seeds and got swept in its first rounds

One of the reasons the 2004 Pistons couldn't win another championship was back up players. They had Memet Okur Corliss Williamson in 04 and lost them both in 05 due to trades I think. They had a strong lineup but needed extra consistent bench players to carry the load. Once they lost Ben Wallace in the 06 offseason it hurt their chances more. But they nearly won in 05 but losing Williamson and Okur hurt the team more than expected.

i wish the nba would return to this era when the pistons would hold teams under 70 points than the way basketball is being played now...

When Chauncey Billups was traded to the Denver Nuggets, the Nuggets actually made it to the Conference Finals that year. So Billups had 7 straight Conference Finals appearances. The Pistons fell off after Billups left, which I think showed how important he was to the team.

This is one of my all time fav teams. Big Ben was the muscle, Chauncey was the heart, Sheed was the arm

The 2006 Pistons had many other facts: - They could have lost to the Cavs in the 2nd round, who also had a 3-2 lead AND good defense (mostly thanks to Mike Brown) like the Heat in the conference finals. The Pistons had already played bad offense against the Cavs and it just carried over to the Heat series. - While the coaching change helped the team get better record, Ben Wallace was not happy with Flip's game plan. The boiling point was the game 6 against the Heat, where Big Ben was benched in the fouth quaters. - The core players (Chauncey, Rip, Prince, Sheed and Ben) were very healthy for the whole season. That might be a huge reason why they were able to win 64 games.

Flip saunders was seen as a good move and the pistons actually improved their offense but some of the guys on the team didnt like him because of his coaching style and ben wallace didnt get along with him. Which led to him signing with Chicago

As a Miami Heat Fan, the 2004 Pistons were a tough and gritty team. I rooted for them to destroy the heavily favorite Lakers in the finals. The Lakers in my opinion, relied on superstars to just walk in a win, Detroit said hell no and fought hard. One of the best underdog stories. It was fun.

Having only 59 points in the fourth quarter is insane people scoring that in one half now 😂 shows how good the defense was back then