The pistons became just the third franchise in nba history to win back to back championships joining the los angeles lakers and boston celtics.

Detroit pistons championships. As the defending champions the pistons had another successful season winning 13 consecutive games around january and february then posting a 12 game winning streak in march as they finished first place in the eastern conference with a 59 23 record. It was on that day that trader jack mccloskey made isiah thomas fresh off an ncaa. The series pitted the defending nba champion and eastern conference playoff champion detroit pistons against the western conference playoff champion portland trail blazers. The detroit pistons won the nba finals 3 times in 1989 1990 and 2004.

The series pitted the detroit pistons the previous year s champions against the portland trail blazers. The 2004 nba finals was the championship round of the 2003 04 national basketball association nba season and the conclusion of the season s playoffs this season s nba finals was contested between the western conference playoff champion los angeles lakers and the eastern conference playoff champion detroit pistons the lakers held home court advantage and the series was played under a best. You could say that the detroit pistons 1989 nba championship run began on tuesday june 9 1981. Bringing back those champions would fuel a rebuild.

This was the first nba finals since 1979 not to involve either the los angeles lakers or the boston celtics. The detroit pistons are one of eight teams in league history to win three or more nba championships. In 2019 the detroit pistons lost to the milwaukee bucks in the eastern conference first round. The 1989 90 nba season was the pistons 42nd season in the national basketball association and 33rd season in the city of detroit.

This is a list of seasons completed by 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 joined the basketball association of america which was the precursor to the nba however the games won and lost in the nbl are not included in the franchise total. How many nba titles have the pistons won. 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 league s eastern conference central division and play their home games at little caesars arena located in midtown the team was founded in fort wayne indiana as the fort wayne zollner pistons in 1941 a member of the national. This was the first nba finals since 1979 not to involve either the lakers or the celtics.

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