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A ticket for a November 1988 game between the Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets. The 1988–89 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 41st season in the NBA and 32nd season in the Detroit metropolitan area. [1] The Pistons moved from the Pontiac Silverdome to the brand-new Palace of Auburn Hills before the start of the season. [1]
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game with the Detroit Pistons x: Denotes player who is currently on the Detroit Pistons roster: 0.0: Denotes the Detroit Pistons statistics leader (min. 100 games played for the team for per-game statistics)
The Pistons have experienced two major periods of failure. Between 1956–57 and 1982–83, the Pistons had just three winning seasons and overall had a winning percentage of .417, culminating in a combined record of 37–127 (win percent .226) in the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons, after which the drafting of Isiah Thomas completely ...
[52] [53] While the Pistons did win Game 6 in Detroit, they lost the series in a tough Game 7 back in Boston. [52] [53] Chuck Daly, coach of the 1989 and 1990 NBA champions. A ticket for Game 1 of the 1988 NBA Finals at The Forum.
The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1988–89 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons and the two-time defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.
The Pistons finishing with a then franchise-best record of 54–28 (.659), 1st place in the NBA Central Division. the first division championship for the franchise since moving to Detroit in 1957. In the 1988 NBA Playoffs, they defeated the Washington Bullets 3–2 in the first round, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 4–1 in the semifinals ...
He was traded to the Detroit Pistons in November 1981, [2] in exchange for forward Greg Kelser. [3] During the 1982-83 NBA season , Johnson scored a career high 15.8 points a game while starting in 51 of the 82 games he played in. [ 4 ] For the rest of his career, he would mostly play as an important role player coming off the bench.
In the Finals, the Pistons faced the Portland Trail Blazers, who were led by Clyde Drexler. The Pistons won Game 1 at home, 105–99, [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] but lost Game 2 in overtime, 106–105 as the Blazers tied the series at one game a piece, [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] the Pistons defeated the Blazers in five hard-fought games to win their second ...