June 14, 2005 – With 1:26 remaining in the 3rd quarter, the Detroit Pistons clamp down and force an airball and three consecutive turnovers, turning the tide permanently in Detroit’s favor, leading to a 96-79 victory in Game 3 of the 2005 NBA Finals.
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yeah its hard to find full games. Here's a couple good highlight vids that give a good representation of what that series was like. Just copy/paste the code in the address bar.
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thx bruh
How scary would this team have been had they taken Melo or Wade instead of Darko? Great offensive player along with this defense? Whewww.. I can only imagine.
melo or wade would have got them 2 more rings with this D
Wade maybe. Melo doesnt play good defense and he will be a loophole for spurs to score on him
lookling like ginobili in the 2013 nba finals turning the ball over
id say they were stars! chauncy , ben wallace , hamilton! chauncy and hamilton were 2 of the best shooters man đ
I ain't a piston fan but I hope they get their shit back together, the city and team needs it.
Lindsey Hunter = G.O.A.T.
I miss how loud the Palace used to be đ
The Pistons still loss to the Spurs  in 7 game take that Pistons fansÂ
BALL DON'T LIE
This pistons squad shouldâve been a dynasty. To bad the league was against em.
Kawhi Leonard wouldn't pass through the Pistons defense.
This pistons group against steph curry and co will be fun to watch
Basketball with a balance between offence and defence is great to watch
Joe dumars truly fucked this team when chauncey and antonio went to denver for an older a.i. that completely screwed the team chemistry.
But they lost in 7
I feel like The Pistons now really need to draft or receive defensive players mainly. It was the 1988 Bad Boys, to this 2004 Pistons, it was always been defense that made this team hard to beat. If they could bring back atleast that kind of intensity and defensive lineups, Pistons will be back
Great series, two great teams.. Larry Brown fucked the Pistons, up bye 10 game seven u donât sit McDyess and Rasheed with 4 fouls in forth quarter. Then have Tayshaun Prince guarding Tim Duncan.
Man I wish that 05 Pistons squad beat the Spurs in 05â..they were so close
I'm trying to be a youth basketball coach and I will only use the 04-06 Pistons as a Pro Reference.
Pistons were the better team in this finals, but they made the crucial mistake in game 5 and left Robert Horry all alone and Mr. Big Shot drained a triple for a OT victory.
in this era
spurs better then lakers
who agree
If sheed covers horry, itâs a repeat
The real question is
How will this type of defense stand against modern curry gsw team?
im a spurs fan and i wanted the pistons to win this series, i wanted them to win back to back championahiop to get all the media attantion and respect they deserve.
there were a lot of fouls in this video. did the refs not know what a foul was?
We dropped the ball in game 5 sheed would not guard Horry
MANNN I miss this team
I forgot how grindy games were back in the day. Low scoring as fuck
They could of kept the 04 pistons longer than they did . They still had it together until they traded Mr Big Shot !! Then it went down hill after that !!
Had Malice in the Palace not happened, the Pistons could have been back2back champs. The officiating in G7 of this series, in the last quarter specially in closing minutes were horrible. G7 was a gift to the Spurs
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Man the pistons, as a franchise, really are contenders for garnering the best defensive squads of all time
It was a nice game!!!
For a stretch of five games the pistons didnât let there opponents reach 70 points and had 19 blocks in a game 2 against a team I canât remember
If only the Pistons took Melođ€đ€đ€đ€
the forgotten nba finals
1 of em sounds like donald trump
One of my favorite teams from that era. They played the game right, and I love how a bunch of ârole playersâ!could defeat the stacked Lakers! They should have brought home three or four rings.
Spurs was also known to be a very defensive and dirty team
Sadly they can't play this type of defense in the basketball any longer. They play like softies today.
imo, 04 pistons were the best defensive team of all time. 05 was sick too
17 years later, I still get goosebumps watching this. No other team in NBA history made defense & subsequent transition offense as fun to watch as the 2003-04 and 2004-05 Pistons. The NBA record sold out Palace crowds roaring, Thundersticks booming, 'Sheed screaming "Ball Don't Lie", fans wearing afro wigs and face masks all over the place, the bell tolling whenever Big Ben made a play, the Piston/horn audio effects, Mason's announcing + pregame flamethrowers.
There are 5th graders with more muscle than Hamilton.
Now THAT is a team. An easy 2 pointer miss at 0:47 followed by amazing lockdown defense. Which then turned into a beautiful steal, followed by 2 points that they missed out on just seconds earlier.
No fussing. No huffing and puffing. No blaming the refs. They simply continued to play the game of basketball.
That's how they won a Championship. By being a TEAM.
LeBron would never be on a team like this. He's too much of a pussy.
This team defense was truly suffocating. So intimidating to play against. What I forgot was how quickly the Goin' to Work Pistons could turn great defense into quick strike transition offense.