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The team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena and was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in 1. National Basketball League NBL. The Pistons joined the Basketball Association of America BAA in 1. Flip-PDF-Professional-2.4.6.5-Crack.png' alt='Flip Pdf 2 5 Exemplary' title='Flip Pdf 2 5 Exemplary' />In 1. NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA, and the Pistons became part of the merged league. Since moving to Detroit in 1. Pistons have won three NBA championships in 1. Franchise historyedit1. The Fort Wayne Zollner PistonseditThe Detroit Pistons franchise was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a National Basketball League NBL team, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Owner Fred Zollners Zollner Corporation was a foundry that manufactured pistons, primarily for car, truck, and locomotive engines. The Zollner Pistons were NBL champions in 1. They also won the World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1. In 1. 94. 8, the team became the Fort Wayne Pistons, competing in the Basketball Association of America BAA. In 1. Fred Zollner brokered the formation of the National Basketball Association from the BAA and the NBL at his kitchen table. There are suggestions that Pistons players conspired with gamblers to shave points and throw various games during the 1. In particular, there are accusations that the team may have intentionally lost the 1. NBA Finals to the Syracuse Nationals. In the decisive Game 7, the Pistons led Syracuse 4. Flip Pdf 2 5 Exemplary' title='Flip Pdf 2 5 Exemplary' />Nationals rallied to win the game. Syracuse won on a free throw by George King with twelve seconds left in the game. The closing moments included a palming turnover by the Pistons George Yardley with 1. Frank Brian with 1. Kings 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. Decades of struggleeditDave Bing joined the team in 1. Detroit Pistons logo 1. Detroit Pistons logo 1. Though the Pistons enjoyed a solid local following, Fort Waynes small size made it difficult for them to be profitable, especially as other early NBA teams based in smaller cities started folding or relocating to larger markets. After the 1. Zollner decided that Fort Wayne was too small to support an NBA team and announced the team would be playing elsewhere in the coming season. He ultimately settled on Detroit. Although it was the fifth largest city in the United States at the time,1. Detroit had not seen professional basketball in a decade. They lost the Detroit Eagles due to World War II, both the Detroit Gems of the NBL whose remnants became the Minneapolis Lakers and the Detroit Falcons of the BAA in 1. Detroit Vagabond Kings in 1. Zollner decided to keep the Pistons name, believing it made sense given Detroits status as the center of the automobile industry. The new Detroit Pistons played in Olympia Stadium home of the NHLs Detroit Red Wings at the time for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo Arena. During the 1. 96. Pistons were characterized by very strong individuals and weak teams. Some of the superstars who played for the team included Dave De. Busschere, Dave Bing, and Bob Lanier. At one point, De. Busschere was the youngest player coach in the history of the NBA. A trade during the 1. De. Busschere to the New York Knicks for Howard Komives and Walt Bellamy, both of whom were in the later stages of their careers. De. Busschere became a key player in leading the Knicks to two NBA titles. In 1. 97. 4, Zollner sold the team to glass magnate Bill Davidson, who remained the teams principal owner until his death in 2. While the Pistons did qualify for the postseason in four straight seasons from 1. In 1. 97. 8, Davidson became displeased with Cobo Arena, but opted not to follow the Detroit Red Wings to the under construction Joe Louis Arena. Instead, he moved the team to the suburb of Pontiac, where they played in the 8. Silverdome, a structure built for professional football and the home of the Detroit Lions at the time. The Bad Boys eraedit. Detroit Pistons famous Bad Boys era logo 1. The Pistons stumbled their way out of the 1. The 1. 97. 98. 0 team lost its last 1. NBA record losing streak of 2. The franchises fortunes finally began to turn in 1. Isiah Thomas from Indiana University. In November 1. 98. Pistons acquired Vinnie Johnson in a trade with the Seattle Super. Sonics. 3. 0 They would later acquire center Bill Laimbeer in a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers in February 1. Another key move by the Pistons was the hiring of head coach Chuck Daly in 1. Initially, the Pistons had a tough time moving up the NBA ladder. In 1. 98. 4, the Pistons lost a tough five game series to the underdog New York Knicks, three games to two. In the 1. 98. 5 playoffs, Detroit won its first round series and faced the defending champion Boston Celtics in the conference semifinals. Though Boston would prevail in six games, Detroits surprise performance promised that a rivalry had begun. In the 1. 98. 5 NBA draft, the team selected Joe Dumars 1. They also acquired Rick Mahorn in a trade with the Washington Bullets. However, the team took a step backwards, losing in the first round of the 1. Atlanta Hawks. After the series, changes were made in order to make the team more defensive minded. Prior to the 1. 98. Pistons acquired more key players John Salley drafted 1. Dennis Rodman drafted 2. Adrian Dantley acquired in a trade with the Utah Jazz. The team adopted a physical, defense oriented style of play, which eventually earned them the nickname Bad Boys. In 1. 98. 7, the team reached the Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics. After pushing the defending champions to a 22 tie, the Pistons were on the verge of winning Game 5 at the Boston Garden with seconds remaining. After a Celtics turnover, Thomas attempted to quickly inbound the ball and missed Dalys timeout signal from the bench. Larry Bird stole the inbound pass and passed it to Dennis Johnson for the game winning layup. While the Pistons would win Game 6 in Detroit, they would lose the series in a tough Game 7 back in Boston. A ticket for Game 1 of the 1. NBA Finals at The Forum. Motivated by their loss to the Celtics, the 1. Pistons, aided by midseason acquisition James Edwards, improved to a then franchise record 5. In the postseason, the Pistons avenged their two previous playoff losses to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, defeating them in six games and advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time since the franchise moved to Detroit. The Pistons first trip to the Finals in 3.