Maybe it was the day the Pistons drafted your favorite college player, Grant Hill, out of Duke in 1994 and you boasted to your family that the Pistons were going to turn the corner?
Or maybe, it was the night in 1971 when you took your son to Cobo Hall for his first Pistons game and the two of you saw Dave Bing drop 54 points on the Chicago Bulls?
Whatever your favorite Pistons memory, we’d like to hear from you.
Tell us, in 500 words or less, your favorite memory when it comes to the Detroit Pistons. The memory can be universal, it can be about a favorite play or favorite player, it can be about a favorite moment that you shared with a friend, a family member or a complete stranger at a Pistons game. There are no restrictions and no limits – just as memories should be.
Submit yours below and we’ll post it right here to share with all your fellow Pistons fans.
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Arhum Mahmood (West Bloomfield): When the Pistons drafted Tayshaun Prince.
Billy King (Rickman, TN): My biggest memory was when we let Grant Hill get away to the Magic for what seemed like a bag of beans...some unknown named Ben Wallace and some other guy. Then later, we trade Stackhouse for some dude named Rip Hamilton? What was Joe Dumars thinking?
Lucky for all of us, Dumars had a lot more vision than we did. He eventually built a winner with what I thought at the time were some questionable moves.
Hindsight really is 20/20, isn't it?
Baydoun (Dearborn): One of my favorite Pistons memories was when the the Pistons went to the finals for the second straight time on two occasions - 1989-90 and in 2004-05. They are winners when they win the finals, and they are winners when get to the finals.
John Marentette (Toronto, Ontario): Isiah milked the clock as far as he could against the New Jersey Nets in Game Three of the their 1985 first-round playoff series before hitting a fadeaway jumper from the left baseline that gave the Pistons a one-point lead with two seconds left. The Nets missed their last-second attempt, meaning that Detroit had won its first playoff series of the Isiah Thomas era, and quite possibly the first-ever series sweep in franchise history.
Mike (Los Angeles): It was 1989 I was at the Forum in L.A. to see my Pistons play Magic and his Lakers. I was getting ice and food thrown at me, but at the end it was Detroit beating the L.A. Lakers and I was the ONLY ONE happy. I got to see my favorite player, #10 Dennis Rodman play. I had caught his jersey and someone took it from me, but that;s ok because I saw them beat the Lakers and I was the ONLY PISTONS FAN IN L.A. THERE.
Fadi Hermiz (Sterling Heights: #43 the Mr.Big Shot one, way behind the half court shot made at the buzzer,and Chauncey Billups sends the Pistons to the 3rd overtime!
Frank (Auburn Hills, MI): Grant Hill's behind the backboard dunk (in his rookie season I think).
Ed Mueller (Charlotte, NC): Tayshaun Prince leading the pistons to a series victory over the 76ers as a rookie with the starting back court, including Rip Hamilton, out with injuries.
Shaun Hodder (Sebewaing): My favorite memory is the first game I attended...The Pistons were in their "not so good years" and the game was against the Bulls who had Pippen, Jordan, and Rodman. I sat about 2 feet away from the planet Mars for the game, but got to be court side for the pre-game shoot around. I remember it most because, even though the Pistons were "not so good", they took the 'Unbeatabulls' to overtime only because 'The Worm' tipped in a shot with a half second left to tie the game. The good guys lost the game, but made for one heck of a memory for me. My souvenir? Some drunk jerk behind me peeled a sticker off the arm rest of his chair and stuck it to my back. And I still have an official Palace logo from the seat! (Sorry Mr. Davidson...I didn't peel it though!)
D.Lott (Myrtle Beach): I always enjoyed watching the Pistons vs. Bulls games and watching Joe Dumars shut down Michael Jordan. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Dumars held Jordan to the fewest points in his career than any other player. It was an honor to watch such great performances of Joe Dumars, one of the Pistons' greatest players ever.
Pam Venhoff (Troy): 2004 Finals, Game 5. We had sewn up the Championship, and Larry Brown was beginning to pull the starters. Rip went courtside, took off his mask, and saluted the screaming fans with it. What a moment; proving all critics wrong.
Nic Iagulli (Toledo): Another great moment from the 2003-2004 season is when the Pistons held teams under 70 for 5 consecutive games. It should have been 6 but the Nets called a time out and scored at the end of the game and ended with 71.
Zach Gerovac: It was the Pistons 06-07 season when I experienced an incredible event. The Denver Nuggets were playing the Detroit Pistons in Detroit. The Pistons took an early first half lead. In the third, Denver came back. Late in the fourth with not even 3 seconds left Denver inbounded the ball with a 3 point lead at mid court. Tayshaun Prince got a hand on it, and went into the hands of Rasheed Wallace. He threw it up 62 feet from the hoop and banked it in! They would go into overtime. In the late quarter Detroit came on strong, and won it for Rasheed.
Derrick King: I don't remember all the details, but I know it was towards the end of Joe Dumars career. This also was the era of unforgettable teal
jerseys and the Pistons were playing against the Shaq lead Orlando Magic. Back then it was very difficult for the Pistons to beat that Magic team, however Joe
Dumars put on an incredible exhibition hitting all kinds of shots with pressure defense on him. He had to have scored about 40 plus that night.
Dan Benedict (Taylor): I think a Pistons Unforgettable 50 moment was when Joe Dumars was hired as Team President. His roster moves turned the Pistons from a mid-level NBA team to an NBA Finals contender almost instantly.
Kevin (Clio): My favorite Pistons memory is the end of the "Teal Era" when they decided to go back to the Red White and Blue. It was like the old Pistons had returned. Going to the games with the teal court it was like watching a different franchise. The Pistons are and always will be Red, White and Blue.
