Detroit Pistons 2004 Nba Finals
Entering the series the lakers were considered the heavy favorites.
Detroit pistons 2004 nba finals. 5 fingers became an iron fist 2004 nba finals game 4. When joe dumars was hired by the struggling detroit pistons to be team president after the 1999 2000 season he. With the nba season on hold we go back in time game by game to examine the detroit pistons surprise 2004 finals victory over the los angeles lakers.
In 2004 the detroit pistons faced off against the los angeles lakers in one of the biggest finals upsets in recent history. Chauncey billups was named nba finals mvp. Pistons deadline acquisition of rasheed wallace shook the nba and brought another banner to detroit the goin to work pistons.
Coach larry brown helped guide the pistons balanced attack to a title in 2004. 1 2 los angeles lakers 4. Kobe bryant who played twenty seasons in the nba.
With the nba season on hold we go back in time game by game to examine the detroit pistons surprise 2004 finals victory over the los angeles lakers. Los angeles mostly breezed by its western conference competition to get to the finals on the backs of shaquille o neal kobe bryant gary payton and. The 2004 nba playoffs was the postseason tournament of the national basketball association s 2003 04 season the tournament concluded with the eastern conference champion detroit pistons defeating the western conference champion los angeles lakers 4 games to 1 in the nba finals.
The 2004 nba finals was the championship round of the 2003 04 national basketball association nba season and the conclusion of the season s playoffs this season s nba finals was contested between the western conference playoff champion los angeles lakers and the eastern conference playoff champion detroit pistons the lakers held home court advantage and the series was played under a best. The minnesota timberwolves after missing the playoffs their first. The basketball world said goodbye to one of its greatest players this weekend.
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