honestly that hyped the match way more than the modern introductions, at least for me haha

Wish we had a Pistons team like this again.

Splash brothers!

Its so soft it's sadly getting hard to watch anymore

@@connerthomas720 what

I finally found your momma in good quality as well

this was mentioned in almost every Pistons series during this playoffs

@@DingisMaximus True. Too bad Doc Rivers and Al Michaels only lasted 1 year bc Doc took the Boston job. These "analyst" the last 7 or so years don't say anything the average person wouldn't know

@@michaelrobinson540 Doc Rivers Knew Everything

I know bro💀

Now it looks like a competition of who can miss more 3s

NBA today sucks.

Anymore.

You mean you don't like watching the new no touching Huck-a-three?

and David Stern

Dr. Jack Ramsey, John Saunders & William Davidson

Frank Hamblin as well.

Rest in Power!

No doubt rip

Thank you. I know people think I’m nuts but I’d take these pistons with unlimited options and relentless D and depth and unselfishness against any team in history atleast in my 38 years.

One of the best defensive teams? I think they were the greatest defensive team in the shot clock era. Just ground teams down to nothing. The whole concept was about limiting opponent possessions rather than just making great plays. You have to be stifling to even try this

Greatest defensive team of this millennium no doubt. I think some other teams from the 80s/90s still were tougher but the pistons were beyond elite

This team held Jason Kidd scoreless in an elimination game. A top 6 or 7 point guard of all time. Scoreless.

RIP Hamilton was a very good player who stayed in the framework of the team. He could've gotten bigger playing somewhere else he wanted to win.

Im a pistons fan so thank you for saying that in the comments

This is a exciting Finals to watch, I love how the Pistons took over the series, Outstanding Defense, Good spacing, and good shots. I honestly think that if Kobe didn’t make that shot in Game 2, Pistons could’ve swept this team.

they won a fluke championship lol. The only chip they won was because Kobe purposely shot them out the series so Shaq didn't win another finals MVP

@@joshuafult84 It wasn't no fluke it was just pure teamwork and defense that the Pistons used against the Lakers. The Pistons knew that Kobe was a shot Jacker, so they took that to have their advantage and most of the Offense went through shaq at the time when he was there with the Lakers.

@@j2duhb110 Yes Kobe handed them the chip because he was selfish they never won a championship against a solid team hence a fluke bs championship. No one respects this pistons team tbh.

His team would beat both Detroit and LA Lakers that year.

How is that funny?

@@dxrulz4life painful memory. Pistons after this year were the 90s Buffalo Bills of basketball.

Yeah, get Magic.

The last dance in LA that year and he refused to pay Shaq that year because he was getting up in age still never forget when he said to Jerry “you better pay me” in a preseason game in 2003

No it’s all 3s

Yeah and the most important ben Wallace even rasheed. Scary team

most overrated team ever . 1 fluke championship lolol

they played strong team defense

What killed the Lakers is lack of ball movement and their roster was horrible over the hill G.P. and Malone, Deven George is trash. No triangle the whole series. Only person Kobe could pass to was Shaq nobody else was hitting shots . Kobe and Shaq with horrible role players. Role players always making plays hustling and making shots are what wins series

Kobe is the top 1 overrated selfish MJ imitator with lower fg%. He tried hard to prove he is more important than Shaq but failed. Seriously how could Lakers win while Kobe shoots all the balls with 38%fg Shaq was 63%fg and apparently the pistons were still no any idea how to stop him.

@@damonmcmurray8669 kobe bum ass killed the lakers

@@damonmcmurray8669 I absolutely agree. Malone and Payton were nowhere near a scoring threat. If the third best guy with all due respect is D George, this could have been uglier, they are lucky it wasn't.

Christopher Law check the stats fool Kobe damn near missed 80 shots that series

Dallas 2011 has entered the chat.

@@richardhenry5858 I welcome that team but they were a little more top heavy in a good way. Dirk singlehandedly dismantled the Thunder on the way to the finals, no one could guard him and Ibaka was probably playing his best defense around that time and he would of had to be touched by an angel to have a prayer at guarding Dirk. Dirk wasn't fucking around then, Jason Kidd and Shawn Marion wasn't on the team that lost to the Heat back in 06. I don't even think JT was on that team. Also Lebron James allowed himself to get outscored by JT which is not okay. To me there are other narratives that surround the 2011 finals like an unexperienced Big 3. And to cap it off, I would take the 04 pistons against the 11 mavs in a 7 game series, their defense 1-5 is probably the best I've ever seen but that would be a hell of a series.

In sports history

The Bad Boys were right there too. Wallace was as important if not more than Rodman was throughout his career. By the time Rodman left Detroit and got to Chicago he had really bulked up. Both players were elite rebounders and defensive player's.

They would’ve went three straight if Ben Wallace hadn’t took the bulls deal,but it was a win win for him and the nba cause defensive minded players get max dollars like Rudy gobert thanks to Ben.

@@Wowvod idk about that. They still left Big Shot Bob wide open in the 05 Finals.

@Freak On The Court And The Sheets check the records. Most consecutive games holding opponents under 70, only team besides 98 bulls to hold a playoff team under 60, held 12 opponents to sub 40 shooting, 5 under 35%, least ppg allowed ever in a playoff game. To say they aren't on par with those teams isn't true, at least defensively.

David Starkey: I'm a lakers fan, and as soon as Karl Malone hurt his knee I KNEW the Lakers would lose to this defense. The one thing that you HAVE to do against suffocating defenses is get the ball to the high post, @ the free throw line. That was Karl Malone, & he did a great job loosening defenses up...and Kobe TRUSTED him. He made great decisions out of the high post. Slava Medvedenko was never going to fill those shoes, & so I knew, no Karl Malone, no Lakers title.

🤣

Zach Aman You are THEman.

The Raq?

That was the most interesting thing the whole game.

Goodness gracious...those jugs are nice. That dude better had enjoyed those... 17 yrs later tho they're sagging

Me too

Uhhh ya lot of talk but this is old ass Payton. Young Payton was legit on both ends.

@@GlennShook sure. But Billups was heavy underrated, a pure teamplayer. Underrated offensive player and great defensively. Guess Payton didn’t expect Billups to play like he did and indeed he was old

Payton deserves every bit of the hof