Maybe the most under appreciated championship in NBA History. The defense Detroit played on Kobe and Shaq is phenomenal.

My favorite team. And the only team in NBA to win a championship since 1980. without a single player from top 75 greatest players in the NBA. How impressive is that.

Probably the best defensive team ever

“That ball don’t lie” Most underrated and dominant Championship teams of all time. Phil, Kobe, and Shaq had no answer.

Elite concept of the video because its hard to find highlights for every finals game. Looking forward to see other finals/playoffs series too.

As a Pistons fan I forever love this 2004 team 💕 🏆. And I believe 2004 Pistons can give 2017/2018 warriors a run in a seven game series

image winning a game with 87 points!! 04 Pistons defense is second to none. Elden Campbell amazing pick up for Detroit!!!

This 2004 Pistons and 2011 Mavericks are unexpected NBA champions for me

RIP Stuart Scott 🕊️

To have Elden Campbell, Corliss, Okur, and Lindsey Hunter come off the bench was relentless. This team wasn't put together to get buckets they were made to shut down the opponent's baskets.

The 5 game sweep! The last year I cared about NBA basketball. What a hard working gritty team. Loved 'em.

Rip Hamilton was so good on those underneath curls. He could run all day

This starless, collective and defensive first driven team was awesome. One of the best memory I have. They were on the verge of a back to back in 2005 with a bench that had been depleted in the off season.

tashawns defense on kobe in these games is underrated, totally smothering him. Him and Ben Wallace held those two stars and that helped a ton!!

Elden Campbell was definitely motivated as an ex Laker. He was a major ex factor in this series

The best Championship of all time. This makes me miss when basketball was still basketball.

Can you imagine how frustrating it must have been for every team to play against the Pistons at that time? Everythin was a struggle against them even making a simple pass. After this Finals NBA started gradually making defense practically illegal...

In the 2003-2004 season, the Pistons did not rely on a small number of star players, but instead built a team with a well-balanced force at each position. Rasheed Wallace, who joined the Pistons midway through the season, was the only star player on the team, and Wallace was the only one with an annual salary of more than $10 million. Karl Malone, who was transferred to the Lakers in hopes of winning their long-awaited championship, continued to suffer from injuries throughout the season, and was finally removed from the starting lineup in Game 5 of the Finals. With this loss, one of the strongest teams in league history, which had won three consecutive championships in the early 2000s, was disbanded.

I could not get enough of this team back then, just so fun to watch!

The team that got me into basketball! Also pretty cool that Doc Rivers was commentating this..I had no idea until rewatching

Chauncey Billups underrated All Time PG. The years w/ Detroit, always in finals contention till he left. Then, Carmelo and Iverson couldn't do anything at Denver till Billups joined, they automatically went to conf finals. Billups is the PG version of Tim Duncan and should've been a top 20 all time greats if he had a more fair career. Billups is also a historically rare 90% career FT

Defensive eras I love it

This series RIGHT HERE is why the NBA no longer allows defense to be played.

What a great team. Privileged to have seen that series.

64 - 58 in the fourth quarter in game one, I miss defensive basketball so much! Stopped watching around 2012 and feel like I didn't miss out on much, especially coming back to watch these games.

As a lifelong Knicks fan, I should hate the Pistons. But this Pistons team was so fun to watch. Just great team basketball, no egos causing issues, and a focus on defense.

Appreciate this upload. I remember everybody calling this Lakers team the Super Lakers and being shocked when they saw this Pistons squad wasn't having it.

The new-era Bad Boys Pistons with the way they defensively destroyed the Los Angeles Lakers! This Finals for the Pistons was a clinic on defensive intensity and HEART! Not an offensive explosion from the Pistons, but pure fundamentals and team chemistry

"The 2004 Pistons are rolling over in their graves" - Charles Barkley

The Bad Boy Pistons were the cause of rules changes in the 90s and the Going to Work Pistons are why theres no defense in the game now. People complained that the games were boring to watch. I always appreciated that style. Basketball is more than just high flying dunks and 3 pointers. I miss the old school style.

BOTH TEAMS combined for just over 30 3pt shots a game this series, miss this

Rest in peace Stuart Scott.

One of my favorite NBA Finals all time. Hard working Motown boys against the super team. That was savy, their complete playoff run was.

Perfect example of a strong team/depth vs Super Stars. They played as a team, wildly good

Growing up in Detroit. Watching every second of this season being 21yrs old. And having this finals was a time to remember. I will forever hold on to this victory.

I love the Pistons. Always have. hate to see them going through what they’re going through but those young guys are learning no matter what anyone says they’re trying

At that time the pistons were absolutely dominant in 04 and by beating the Lakers in the finals and winning they're third chip really put the icing on the cake for them 😁😉💯

Reliving the glory days of the Pistons in the 2004 Finals is pure nostalgia! 🏀💪 Those were the days of true teamwork, grit, and resilience. The highlights capture the essence of what made the Pistons truly awesome. Watching this brings back incredible memories. Here's to celebrating the greatness of the past and hoping for more memorable moments in the future! 🚀

I think that era of the Pistons deserves a better description than bad boys 2.0 tbh but it’s crazy that they’re a Robert Horry 3 away from a b2b and 2 wins away from 3 straight finals appearances, Ben Wallace was a monster in the mid 2000’s

50:52 all-time awareness from Big Ben

These pistons were fkn great man. I’m not even a Detroit fan but I hope they get back on track sooner or later

This is when the NBA was truly great. Team basketball on both sides of the ball, smothering defense and making the opponents earn each and every point. I love this team and this era. Real basketball fans appreciate basketball like this. This NBA Finals and the next year's Finals vs the Spurs is why David Stern changed the rules and the game and it has "evolved' or devolved into what it is today.

I loved this team. Probably my favorite ever. Perfectly balanced starting 5. Everyone played stellar defense and all could score. Rip was a catch and shoot middy god

growing up in richmond, va no-one swayed me to an nba team. when i found out ben wallace went to vcu i cheered for them when the playoffs started. i was amazed, and then heart broken ever since. the darko pick was cursed.

My favorite team. Pistons 04 goated.

My favorite Pistons team til this day.🔥🔥🔥

Maybe my favorite team of all time. Selfless players who were just so good together. Such a fun Pistons team. Thanks for the video.

This piston team was my favorite.

Thank you Free Dawkins. These are priceless memories 🙌

1:07 the way he describes the Pistons. So poetic.

Man, the quality !

Love seeing Stuart Scott!! This video brings back so many great memories!

That last 3rd of the seaspn after they signed Rasheed. Was the greatest team defensively in the HISTORY of the NBA

This was a ruthless and vicious series by the pistons. I miss this era of basketball.

I loved this series and this Pistons team. The "5 game sweep."

Ah yes, the year the Pistons had that long streak of keeping teams below 70 points. I remember watching one of the New Jersey players pump their fists in celebration when they got 71 points breaking that streak. They ended up losing to the Pistons by 20 points...but hey, they got more than 70! That Pistons team was fun to watch.

Imagine if melo got drafted by detroit. They would get an elite offensive player that could carry them in stretches and they would make him into a dog who would actually play defense. He would have been one of the goats 😢

Elite piece of work. Thank U bro ;)

Who else thinks Ben Wallace deserved Fmvp? I mean he was the most dominant player soley due to his defense and rebounding!

With that Lakers lineup, I truly thought the Pistons had no chance. I’m a lifetime Pistons fan and can’t tell you how excited I was after that first game. They set the tone and clearly showed that they knew how to beat the Lakers. Can’t believe it’s been 20 years.

Excellent content! 2004 Detroit Pistons team was something special.

Prince shutdown Kobe

Rip Stuart Scott 🐐. And 2004 pistons run is one of the best NBA titles run all time 🏆

This pistons franchise was underrated in the early 2000's going to multiple eastern conference finals in a row with two nba finals appearances....those battles with new jersey and indiana was great to watch, no superstars just play ball....

This the best video on KZfaq. Us old enough can remember the run the Pistons made after Mike Jamas and Rasheed Wallace trade, Of course we remember the defense this team had, but my god, it's a reminder of just how quick this offense could kill a team.

56 points at the end of the 3rd quarter I miss those Pistons. Todays Pistons it would have been 100

Pistons were an absolute buzzsaw that the Lakers never saw coming. We'll probably never see defense like this again like the 2004 Pistons played with. Incredible.

Jaden & Ausar need more playing time. I'm not sure why Monty is benching them. If Pistons have a decent center like Sengun, they will be on top 4 seeds for sure. I still believe Cade has more potential on his ceiling. Want to blame inefficient front office and coaching staffs not the young players. They need more help & clear direction not the criticism!

They weren't no Bad Boys.The Bad Boys played dirty. The 2004 Pistons played straight up. They didn't have to play dirty.

Great watch 👍👍 More of these please

Me acuerdo perfectamente esta final y el hambre que tenian los jugadores de los pistones fue impresionante no podían perder esa final.

It was crazy seeing the Lakers with only 49 points at the beginning of the 4th quarter in one of those games!!💪

Yo this is the clearest footage I've seen of this series and of early 2000s basketball... since watching it live on TV when i was 10 years old.

The games before flopping, complaining, exaggerating, "demonstrative frustration". With a natural rhythm and balanced offensive / defensive actions. Calm and sensible commentary. So um why it's no longer a thing?

Most underrated defensive team in nba history

Man I enjoyed this watching real basketball being played. I wish it was still like this

2004 Pistons clamped Kobe. Reminds me when Celtics clamped KD.

Man you don't know how much I want this

This was such a great series of basketball

the greatest defensive team ever. the work Prince did on Kobe and Ben Wallace did on Shaq is legendary. they made 2 top 10 all time players borderline irrelevant.

If only Rasheed Wallace stayed on Big Shot Rob, Robert Horry, in overtime of Game 5 in the 2005 NBA Finals...

THANK YOU. GREAT MEMORIES THAT SEASON.

All these years, i forgot Elden Campbell was part of the 04 pistons. Damn i enjoy watching Billups work the point.

Can't believe this is 20 years ago! Great team despite the fact I wanted Lakers to win.

Such a big smile on my face watching this team

They still great. They just set the best record in losing. No one will dare ever beat their incredible record.

Thanks for bringing back some good memories

So many great memories watching this series! Detroit was so mad they lost game two they came back and dominated the next three games.

This team was so in sync with one another it’s ridiculous

Shoutout to Ham, Okur, and Williamson for being huge and stemming the tide off the bench. Guys were straight lockdown defenders who kept Kobe and Shaq from ever heating up in the 5 games.

GOING TO WORK!! THATS MY BOYS AND ILL NEVER FORGET!!!

The late great Stuart Scott interviewing Rasheed Wallace after the game. The best ever at ESPN. RIP

Great editing I hope you have more of these videos

I was at that game all of them. I had season tickets and playoffs tickets. But the best part was. I got to take my late father to see the championship game. Because the next day he was in an accident and became a quadrilligic for the next 4 years. R I P nitindra Ghosh. Hope u had a great time you always wanted to see the pistons win one in person . 1937-2009

Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince were all awesome in this series plus solid bench depth, but its crazy how impactful Ben Wallace can be with so little scoring. He's just always doing all the little things at such an elite level, playing good defense, drawing offensive fouls, grabbing rebounds on both ends, grabbing loose balls, getting blocks, steals, deflections, tap backs, put backs, setting screens to get teammates open shots or lanes to the basket (off and on ball), making some great passes, plus the occasional dunk or even a couple mid range jumpers. Makes you wonder if he had a more polished offensive game with good handles and a more accurate outside shot, just how good he could have been. Honestly though up there with Tim Duncan as the best defender during the best defensive era. Pretty cool to watch.

Thank you for this. Maybe we can get back there some day lol

This is my favourite NBA team of all time. 7 straight opponent's to under 80 points will never be done again.

Derick fisher going for a 360 layup …. Still wonder what was going through his mind.

Payton is a turnover machine

This is when the pistons were so dominant winning they're second chip 💯👍😉