The Hawks shifted from " Tri-Cities " ( the area now known as the Quad Cities ) to Milwaukee ( in 1951 ) and then to St. Louis, Missouri ( in 1955 ); the Royals from Rochester, New York to Cincinnati ( in 1957 ); and the Pistons from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Detroit ( in 1957 ).

The Bulls then advanced to face the Detroit Pistons, marking the first time the Central Division rivals had met in the playoffs since 1991.

In the decisive Game 7, the Pistons led Syracuse 41 – 24 early in the second quarter, then the Nationals rallied to win the game.

The new Detroit Pistons played in Olympia Stadium ( home of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings at the time ) for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo Arena.

Trailing 90 – 83 with two minutes remaining, the Pistons rallied to tie the game, then took a 92 – 90 lead when Vinnie Johnson sank an 18 foot jumper with 00. 7 seconds left in the game ; this shot earned Johnson a new nickname in Detroit, " 007 ", to go with his original, " The Microwave ".

The Pacers then advanced to the second-round against the Detroit Pistons, in a rematch of the previous year's Eastern Conference Finals.

He then retired permanently following the Lakers ' loss to the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 Finals.

With New Jersey, then the Utah Jazz, then the Detroit Pistons, Dawkins kept trying to come back, but his back wouldn ’ t let him.

The following year, however, Chicago finished the 1990-1991 NBA season with a then-franchise best 61-21 record, good for first place in the East, then swept the archrival Pistons 4-0 in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals.

Following his departure as coach of the Detroit Pistons, Scotty Connal gave Vitale his first TV opportunity at the then fledgling ESPN cable network.

A week later, the Clippers would then send the pick to the Detroit Pistons in a deal to acquire Ricky Pierce, and on that same day, the Pistons dealt the pick to the Suns for David Thirdkill.

Webb was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.

He then returned to the 76ers as a broadcaster until he was hired in 1983 by the Detroit Pistons.

He played four years with the Celtics, then was traded to the Milwaukee Hawks before ending his career as a member of the Ft. Wayne Pistons.

Brown remained with CBS until the end of their NBA coverage following the 1990 NBA Finals, then worked on the local broadcasts for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Detroit Pistons before joining TNT in the early 1990s.

Mahorn then served as a color commentator for Pistons radio broadcasts, and as an assistant coach under former teammate Bill Laimbeer with the WNBA's Detroit Shock.

He went back to the ABL and was again the league's scoring leader, returned to the Celtics for another season, then settled down for a while with the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League in 1941.

He then went on to Detroit, where he coached the Pistons for just over two seasons.

After Aguirre joined them, the Pistons became NBA champions in 1988-89 and then repeated as champions in 1989 – 90.

Ham then signed as free agent with the Washington Wizards ( 1997 ), Milwaukee Bucks ( 1999 ), Atlanta Hawks ( 2002 ) and Detroit Pistons ( 2003 ).

He then played for the Detroit Pistons ( being included in a July 2000 deal which brought Grant Hill to Orlando ) and Boston Celtics ( being traded midway through 2003 – 04 for Mike James, thus not appearing in the 2004 NBA Finals ).

He was then traded to the Golden State Warriors, and has also played for the Detroit Pistons, the Atlanta Hawks and the Houston Rockets.

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.

In the offseason, the Bulls lost B. J. Armstrong in the expansion draft, but Krause pulled off a masterful deal by trading Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for the aggressive and often controversial rebounding specialist Dennis Rodman, who had won the past four rebounding titles, and who had also been a member of the Detroit Pistons ' " Bad Boys " squad that served as the Bulls ' chief nemesis in the late 1980s.

The Pistons won the first three games including a big comeback in Game 3.

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

It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne ( Zollner ) Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where they won two championships.

Since moving to Detroit in 1957, the Pistons have won three championships in 1989, 1990 and 2004.

In the early 2000s, the Pistons appeared in six consecutive NBA Eastern Conference Finals, but only won twice.

After splitting the first two games at The Palace, the Pistons went to Portland, where they had not won a game since 1974, to play Games 3, 4 and 5.

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

Many analysts gave the Pistons little chance to win against their opponents, the Los Angeles Lakers, who had won three out of the previous four NBA championships, and who fielded a star-studded lineup that included Shaquille O ' Neal, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton and Karl Malone.

However, the Pistons won the series in dominating fashion, defeating Los Angeles in five games for the team's third NBA Championship.

With the win, Pistons owner William Davidson became the first ( and to this date, the only ) owner to win both NBA and NHL championships in the same year, having won the Stanley Cup as owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In the first NBA Finals Game 7 since 1994, the Pistons lost a hard-fought game with the Spurs, who won their third NBA championship since 1999.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons won games 1 and 2, but lost 4 in a row to the Cavaliers.

The Warriors won their other championships as a Philadelphia team in the 1955 – 56 season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one.

Detroit won the next two games and the series was eventually tied at 3 – 3, but Duncan was instrumental in Game 7, recording 25 points and 11 rebounds as the Spurs defeated the Pistons.

** Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 3 over the Detroit Pistons

** Philadelphia Warriors won 4 games to 1 over the Fort Wayne Pistons

The Pistons finished second in 1942 and 1943 and won the league title in 1944 and 1945.

Brown moved back to the NBA after his time in Kansas, taking the head coaching job with the San Antonio Spurs, and has since led the Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers ( where he won the NBA coach of the year award ), Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and the Charlotte Bobcats.

The coach won his first NBA Championship during his first year with the Detroit Pistons in 2004, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one in the NBA Finals.

* Corliss Williamson aka " Big Nasty " – played for Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons ( with whom he won the NBA title in 2004 ), and Philadelphia 76ers.

In preseason play the Colonels defeated the Chicago Bulls 95-86 at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 1, 1975 ; lost to the New York Knicks in Landover, Maryland at the Capital Centre 107-102 on October 4, 1975 ; defeated the Detroit Pistons 114-113 on October 5, 1975 in Cincinnati ; defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 96-91 in Freedom Hall on October 10, 1975 ; lost an overtime game to the Detroit Pistons in Detroit on October 12, 1975, 115-107 ; defeated the Buffalo Braves 120-116 in Freedom Hall on October 14, 1975 ; defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 112-110 in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 17, 1975 ; and won another ABA vs. NBA exhibition on October 19, 1975 with a 121-111 victory over the Washington Bullets in Lexington, Kentucky.