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Pistons getting creative to keep fans engaged
For the third straight season, the Detroit Pistons missed the playoffs, going 25-41.
They also finished 28th in attendance, but not for lack of effort.
With a new owner and a rebuilding team, Detroit management is trying some creative ideas to appeal to fans. The most obvious new spectacle at the Palace this season was a series of halftime shows by performers such as Vanilla Ice...
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7 days ago
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Prince Wants Pistons To Add Veteran Guard
Tayshaun Prince believes the Pistons would benefit from a adding veteran guard who can tutor the team's younger players.
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16 days ago
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16 days ago
Pistons show improvement, but rebuilding continues
If there was one game that stood out in the Detroit Pistons' season, it may have been the March 21 contest at Denver.
That was the night Detroit trailed by 22 points after the first quarter, rallied behind a 45-point effort from Ben Gordon - then lost by one in the final seconds when the Nuggets made a layup while drawing a foul, missed the free throw and scored on a putback...
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18 days ago
Gores to Pistons: We better make playoffs in '13
AUBURN HILLS -- Tom Gores says the biggest thing he had to learn in his first year as Pistons owner is patience.
He still doesn't have a lot of it.
Gores had a end-of-season meeting with the media Thursday evening, and his message was clear.
"We better make the playoffs this season," he said.
Team president Joe Dumars and Pistons coach Lawrence Frank had their end...
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18 days ago
Owner Gores, Dumars optimistic about '12-13 Pistons
AUBURN HILLS -- Tom Gores says the biggest thing he had to learn in his first year as Pistons owner is patience.
He still doesn't have a lot of it.
Gores had a end-of-season meeting with the media Thursday evening, and his message was clear.
"We better make the playoffs this season," he said.
Team president Joe Dumars and Pistons coach Lawrence Frank had their end...
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18 days ago
Pistons honor Wallace, dump playoff-bound 76ers
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- While the playoff-bound Philadelphia 76ers rested a handful of their regulars, the Detroit Pistons' season finale was a tale of two Bens. Reserve guard Ben Gordon poured in 26 points, including eight 3-pointers, as the Pistons cruised to a 108-86 victory over the 76ers at The Palace on Thursday night. Center Ben Wallace, playing perhaps the final game...
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19 days ago
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19 days ago
If he's done, Pistons' Wallace goes out a winner
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Ben Wallace isn't sure that his career is over, but the Palace crowd wasn't taking any chances.
The chant started with 90 seconds to play in the season, and Wallace sitting on the bench for the end of the Pistons' 108-86 over Philadelphia.
At first, a few fans in one section began to chant "We Want Ben," but it quickly spread to one...
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19 days ago
Gordon leads Pistons past 76ers in finale
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Ben Gordon scored 26 points, including eight 3-pointers, to help the Detroit Pistons rout the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 108-86 Thursday night in the season finale.
Philadelphia entered the game with a mathematical chance at the Eastern Conference's seventh seed, but didn't make much of an effort. Elton Brand, Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young...
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19 days ago
Gordon helps Pistons edge Raptors
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Reserve Ben Gordon scored 19 points, including the go-ahead basket, to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 76-73 on Sunday night.
Gordon's 3-pointer with less than 3 minutes to play broke a 68-all tie and he added four subsequent free throws to keep Detroit ahead. Rookie Brandon Knight also had 19 points to help the Pistons end a two...
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23 days ago
Pistons build 50-point lead in win vs. Cavs
Brandon Knight had 28 points and seven assists, and the Detroit Pistons routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-77 on Tuesday night in one of the NBA's most lopsided games of the season.
Tayshaun Prince added 15 points for the Pistons and Jonas Jerebko scored 14. Detroit led 61-38 at halftime and scored the first 16 points of the third quarter. It was 100-50 after three.
The Cavaliers...
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28 days ago
Detroit Pistons giving season ticket holders jackets with microchips in them
Earlier this week, the Detroit Pistons announced news regarding the team’s plans for season ticket sales packages for the 2012-13 season. Among the more benign details related to pricing, etc. was the announcement of this mind-blowing concept: season ticket holders in two newly created membership groups — named “Pistons Black” and “Pistons Red&rdquo...
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April 12, 2012
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April 12, 2012
Austin Daye: This Season Is a Failure
Usually when an NBA player hits his third season you know what kind of player he is. In the case of Detroit Pistons forward Austin Daye, he still remains a mystery. Daye didn’t expect the season to go like this. Sitting on the bench and playing in spot duty. He thought it would be his breakout year and it has been far from it.
“My rookie year I wasn’t expecting...
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April 11, 2012
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April 11, 2012
Former Detroit Pistons Star Isiah Thomas: ” I Am Very Disappointed.”
MIAMI, April.7—Former Detroit Pistons champion Isiah Thomas is not taking his firing as the coach of FIU men’s basketball program lightly.
Today, Thomas expressed his feelings on the subject and why FIU may have been unjust in their firing.
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April 07, 2012
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April 07, 2012
REFRESHING PLUNGE
Video: Brandon Knight gets Gatorade bath
Usually, the Gatorade bath is normally reserved for NFL head coaches and Doc Rivers but during tonight's Pistons/Wizards affair, rookie Brandon Knight got his own version.Knight was attempting to track down a loose ball and dove into the Pistons bench area. Knight took out some Gatorade cups in the process and ended up getting all wet:
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March 26, 2012
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March 26, 2012
Pistons ready to return to championship form
It would have been easy for Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace to have pulled a Richard Hamilton and wanted out of Detroit.
But that didn't happen. Prince signed a four-year, 27 million contract as a free agent before the season to stay with the Pistons and Wallace hasn't done any complaining about not finishing out the two-year, 4 million deal he signed in 2010 to remain with...
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March 22, 2012
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