Established in 1937 as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a semi-professional basketball team from Indiana, the Detroit Pistons are an American professional squad based out of Motor City and compete within the Eastern Conference Central Division of the NBA. After joining the Basketball Association Of America (BAA) in 1948 following NBL’s merger with BAA to become NBA, The franchise moved to Detroit city in 1957, where it has been playing its home games at Little Caesars Arena ever since.
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The Detroit Pistons are founded as an expansion team in the National Basketball League (NBL), which merged with the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1949 to form the NBA.
1956-1978
The Pistons failed to make the playoffs for 22 consecutive seasons
1979
The Pistons make their first NBA playoffs appearance
1989
The Pistons win their first NBA Championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in a four-game sweep.
1990
The Pistons win their second NBA Championship, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in five games.
2004
The Pistons make it to the NBA Finals, but they lose to the San Antonio Spurs
2005
The Pistons make it to the NBA Finals and win their third NBA Championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in five games
2008
The Pistons make it to the Eastern Conference finals but lost to Boston Celtics
2009-2019
The team failed to make playoffs for 7 consecutive seasons
2020
The team failed to make playoffs
Detroit Pistons FAQs
Who owns the Detroit Pistons?
Billionaire businessman Tom Gores owns the Detroit Pistons.
Who is the coach of the Detroit Pistons?
Dwayne Lyndon Casey is the head coach of the Detroit Pistons.
