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The Detroit Pistons have come a long way from when the franchise was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a National Basketball League team, playing in the gym of North Side High School. But even then, the Fort Wayne Pistons were a very popular franchise, people wanted Pistons Tickets, and the Pistons appeared in 2 consecutive NBA Finals in 1955 and 1956, though a title evaded the team.
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The Pistons stumbled their way out of the 1970s and into the 1980s, with poor records. However, the franchise's fortunes finally began to turn in 1981, when it drafted point guard Isiah Thomas from Indiana University. Thomas would become the heart and soul of the Pistons with his tenacity and leadership. In early 1982, the Pistons acquired center Bill Laimbeer in a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers and guard Vinnie "The Microwave" Johnson from the Seattle SuperSonics. The three would remain together for a decade, forming much of the core of a team that would rise to the top of the league. Pistons Tickets were hot and the fans were pumped, expecting greatness from this new core of players.
But it did not come easy. It took the Pistons the whole decade to reach the pinnacle. They made key acquistions like Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman and the ultimate Bad Boy, Rick Mahorn -- and even more importantly, changed their image and style of play. The "Bad Boys" had arrived, and the scrapped their way through the Celtics, Lakers, and the rest of the NBA to win back-to-back World Championships. Pistons Tickets were coveted in 1989, when the Pistons defeated the powerful Lakers for the title, and in 1990 when they defeated Clyde Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers for back to back rings.
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