In 1950, the NBA consolidated to eleven franchises, a process that continued until 1953 – 54, when the league reached its smallest size of eight franchises, all of which are still in the league ( the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Royals / Kings, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, and Nationals / 76ers ).

Pistons are cast from aluminium alloys.

The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

There are suggestions that Pistons players conspired with gamblers to shave points and throw various games during the 1953 – 54 and 1954 – 55 seasons.

The Detroit Pistons | Pistons are honored at the White House for the team's victory in the 2004 NBA Finals.

Pistons are initiators.

Pistons are controlled by various muscles.

* Pistons: Introduced in Season 3, the Pistons are steel columns that raise and lower from the floor without warning.

By World War II, both the Wingfoots and the Firestone Tire Company's Non Skids had suspended play, but other seminal pro teams such as the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons ( now the Detroit Pistons ), Syracuse Nationals ( now the Philadelphia 76ers ), Rochester Royals ( now the Sacramento Kings ), Minneapolis Lakers ( now the Los Angeles Lakers ), and Tri-Cities BlackHawks ( now the Atlanta Hawks ), all of whom are currently playing in the NBA, had joined.

Currently, there are only 13 players with D-League experience who won an NBA title: Tremaine Fowlkes with the Detroit Pistons in 2003 – 04 ; Devin Brown and Mike Wilks with the San Antonio Spurs in 2004 – 05 ; Earl Barron and Dorell Wright with the Miami Heat in 2005 – 06 ; James White with the San Antonio Spurs in 2006 – 07 ; Gabe Pruitt with the Boston Celtics in 2007 – 08 ; and, Sun Yue and Shannon Brown with the Los Angeles Lakers, Jordan Farmar, Josh Powell in 2008 – 09, and 2009-10, and most recently Jose Juan Barea, Rodrigue Beaubois, Ian Mahinmi, Dominique Jones with the Dallas Mavericks in 2010-2011, and Dexter Pittman with the Miami Heat in 2011-2012.

Grant Hill of the Los Angeles Clippers, Shawn Marion of the Dallas Mavericks, Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls, Tayshaun Prince of the Detroit Pistons and Trevor Ariza of the Washington Wizards, with their length and athleticism, are able to guard at many positions on the floor and are often called upon to do so.

Pistons are thin ring forged units.

The interchange also connects with an entrance into The Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the NBA's Detroit Pistons, and a variety of electronic signs are contained in the area to indicate the status of access to the entrance.

Pistons made of this alloy are also typically made thicker and heavier because of their most common applications in commercial diesel engines.

** Pistons with strengthened skirt into use in February 1988.

While Salley's addition was first met with hope because of the role that he played on two championship Pistons squads, it became quickly apparent that Salley was a quality role player for a good team, but not a quality player for a mediocre team like Miami was at the time.

The months of February and March were very successful for the Heat, including a stretch of 15 wins in 16 games which began with a comeback victory over the perennial Eastern Conference powerhouse Detroit Pistons.

The Magic were able to win Game 3, with the Pistons ' Chauncey Billups out for most of the game with an injury, but were unable to take advantage of his absence and defeat the Pistons in Games 4 and 5, which ended the Magic's playoff run in 2008.

Webber signed with the Detroit Pistons shortly thereafter.

However, they were eliminated by the Pistons in six games, with Detroit winning the series 4 – 2.

Despite the loss of Brand, the Sixers earned a playoff berth with a 95-90 win against the Detroit Pistons on April 4, 2009, at home.

In the 2009 NBA off-season the Bulls lost their leading scorer, Ben Gordon, when he signed with their divisional rival, the Detroit Pistons.

The two teams met in the playoffs four consecutive years, with the Pistons winning each time until 1991.

The Eastern Conference Finals in 1991 ended with a four game sweep of the Pistons, who, in an unprofessional manner, walked off the floor with time still on the game clock .< ref >

The closing moments included a palming turnover by the Pistons ' George Yardley with 18 seconds left, a foul by Frankie Brian with 12 seconds left that enabled King's winning free throw, and a turnover by the Pistons ' Andy Phillip with three seconds left which cost Fort Wayne a chance to attempt the game-winning shot.

The Pistons stumbled their way out of the 1970s and into the 1980s, beginning with a 16 – 66 record in 1979 – 80 and following up with a 21 – 61 record in 1980 – 81.

Prior to the 1986 – 87 season, the Pistons acquired more key players: John Salley ( drafted 11th overall ), Dennis Rodman ( drafted 27th ) and Adrian Dantley ( acquired in a trade with the Utah Jazz ).

Pistons have three rings installed, two compression and one oil control ring.

Nevertheless, their Playoff run ended on April 28, 2007 after they were swept in the first round by first seeded Detroit Pistons whose experience, veteran leadership and ability to consistently make the clutch basket proved far too much for the undermanned and overwhelmed Magic to overcome.

The Pistons went on to win Game 2.

In the second round, the Detroit Pistons ended Philadelphia's playoff run in a frustrating six-game series that saw the 76ers lose twice in overtime, and once on a last-second shot in regulation.

With these additional players and the previous year's starting five, the Bulls again made it to the Conference Finals, and pushed the Pistons to seven games before being edged out for the third straight year, who would go on to repeat as NBA champions.

They recorded a then-franchise record 61 wins, and romped through the playoffs, where they swept the defending champion Pistons in the Conference Finals and won the Finals in 5 over the Magic Johnson-led Los Angeles Lakers on June 12, 1991.

But they lost at home in game 6 by 10, and the Pistons won the series 4 – 2 on May 17.

Detroit Pistons logo 1957 – 1971. Due to Detroit's economy being extremely reliant on the manufacturing of cars, they decided to keep the Pistons name.

After pushing the defending champions to a 2 – 2 tie, the Pistons were on the verge of winning Game 5 at the Boston Garden with seconds remaining.

The Pistons summarily won all three games in Portland, becoming the first NBA team to sweep the middle three games on the road.

Despite his absence, the Pistons rallied from 15 down in the third quarter to win Game 4 90 – 89, on a field goal by Tayshaun Prince with just 8. 9 seconds to play, taking a 3 – 1 series lead.

This put the Detroit Pistons second on the all-time list of most consecutive conference final appearances, only behind the Los Angeles Lakers who appeared in 8 straight conference finals from the 1981 – 82 to 1988 – 89 seasons.

McDyess was later waived on November 10 and rejoined the Pistons on December 9, 2008.

As a result of that and poor play, the Pistons dropped down the standings, only clinching a playoff berth on April 10, 2009, good for the # 8 seed.

Toward the end of a Pacers victory over the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills on November 19, 2004, the Pacers ' Ron Artest committed a hard foul against Ben Wallace.

Back in Syracuse for Game 6 on the Nats kept Championship hopes alive by beating the Pistons 109-104 to force a 7th game at home.

The Lakers beat the Detroit Pistons in seven games in the 1988 NBA Finals, making good on Riley's promise.

It also denied him the distinction of becoming the first coach to win a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams, having defeated the Pistons in 1988.

Riley's Heat team defeated his Los Angeles Lakers-days nemesis, the Detroit Pistons, in the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals on June 2, 2006, making it the first time the Miami Heat reached the finals.

In preseason play against the NBA the Colonels lost a game in Lincoln, Nebraska to the Kansas City-Omaha Kings 102-91 on September 29, 1974 ; beat the Washington Bullets 118-95 at Freedom Hall on October 1, 1974 ; lost by one point on the road to the Houston Rockets on October 5, 1974, 96-95 ; beat the Detroit Pistons 109-100 at Freedom Hall on October 8, 1974 and on October 12, 1974 defeated the Chicago Bulls at Freedom Hall 93-75.