Worst moment in your team's history

[jacobdrj]

Since I payed attention, around 1997... The Pistons in the playoffs against the Hawks, either in 97 or 98, the team, outside of G-Hill, Joe D and Hunter, were all hung over during an elimination game (game 5, in old fashioned 5 game series). Outside those 3, none of them cared.

Totally embarrassed by it.

[HarlemHeat37]

0.4 was horrible, but looking back it at now, I just have to give Fisher a lot of credit, it was a ridiculously good shot..there's still no guarantee that the Spurs would have beaten that 2004 Pistons team though, obviously..

Manu's foul was worse for me, because it obviously could have been much more avoidable than 0.4..there's not much the Spurs could have done against Fisher, it was one of the most difficult attempts I've ever seen, considering the cir stances..Manu's foul hurt a lot, because it looked like the game was over(IMO), and you have to feel bad for Ginobili, because he's the type of guy that probably still beats himself up over it..

Also, I'm pretty certain the Spurs would have beaten the 2006 Heat, so that part hurts a lot..

Duncan's injury in 2000 hurts more than 0.4 IMO..I honestly expected a repeat, it sucks any time you lose out due to injuries..

[Ashy Larry]

yeah, that was a tough loss for the Jazz. Pippen with a bad back and MJ had more than half of the Bulls points. Major meltdown by the Jazz.

[Ashy Larry]

November 7, 1991

Sad, sad day

[Venti Quattro]

Sad, sad day

Probably the darkest day of the franchise's history.

[Darrin]

5.

May 27, 1991--The Detroit Pistons are embarassed out of the playoffs by the Chicago Bulls on their home-floor, 115-94 to complete a 4-0 sweep of the Bad Boys. It would be the last time that they contended for a Championship. Jordan would go on to win 6 of the next 8 NBA les as Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars, and Vinnie Johnson would never again see the second-round of the playoffs. To make matters worse, Isiah Thomas organizes a walk-off to show the Bulls a complete lack of respect.

4.

January 22, 1999 -- Shortly before the lockout was to end, the Detroit Pistons had 18 million dollars in cap space. They would use it to sign-and-trade for Christian Laettner (Scot Pollard), who had reached a verbal agreement with the Pistons before he tore his achilles tendon in that offseason. The same day they signed Loy Vaught, a man out of basketball for 17 months because of back trouble and Jud Buechler from the Bulls. Alvin Gentry, the coach at the time, had lobbied for Clifford Robinson to no avail. To make room for these deals, Bonzi Wells, the Pistons lottery pick in the 1998 draft, was sent packing to Portland for a second-round pick! This would plant the seeds for Rick Sund's firing and Grant Hill's departure. They had failed, with resources like 20 million in cap space and a lottery pick, to put a winning team around their superstar.

3.

June 26, 2003--The Pistons draft Darko Milicic in a sea of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade.

2.

March 13, 2009--The owner of the Detroit Pistons since 1974, the definitive Detroit Pistons pedigree, died at the age of 86. His wife inherited the team and subsequently put the team up for sale. The future of the Detroit Pistons is not known. There has been talk of moving the team out of Detroit now that Mr. D is gone.

1.

November 19, 2004-- Ben Wallace pushes Ron Artest. Ron Artest lays on a scorers table. A fan throws a cup of beer at Ron Artest. The worst act of violence in American Sports history ensues.

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Of course there's game five of the 87 Eastern Conference Finals, Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Finals, but I choose to go with stuff I actually saw.

[HeatChamps]

0.4 was horrible, but looking back it at now, I just have to give Fisher a lot of credit, it was a ridiculously good shot..there's still no guarantee that the Spurs would have beaten that 2004 Pistons team though, obviously..

Manu's foul was worse for me, because it obviously could have been much more avoidable than 0.4..there's not much the Spurs could have done against Fisher, it was one of the most difficult attempts I've ever seen, considering the cir stances..Manu's foul hurt a lot, because it looked like the game was over(IMO), and you have to feel bad for Ginobili, because he's the type of guy that probably still beats himself up over it..

Also, I'm pretty certain the Spurs would have beaten the 2006 Heat, so that part hurts a lot..

Duncan's injury in 2000 hurts more than 0.4 IMO..I honestly expected a repeat, it sucks any time you lose out due to injuries..

[Thompson]

Thats what "Ginobili's foul" is

I prefer to view that one as 'Dirk's non-called foul on Duncan at the end of regulation.'

[balli]

yeah, that was a tough loss for the Jazz. Pippen with a bad back and MJ had more than half of the Bulls points. Major meltdown by the Jazz.

In addition to being the better team, and Jordan getting the steal, the pushoff and the shot, there was also the whole Bavetta rigging the game thing; the Eisley/Harper calls that resulted in a 5 point swing.




I think about losing what would have been our only championship, because of Bavetta, and lol at the people complaining their team never got a 5 or 9 peat or whatever. I understand why you guys remember those moments as devastating, but really, you don't know what pain is.

[romsey31]

The brawl!

[Basketballgirl25]

0-18 start, although when Nets were losing that game to break that record every Net fan was prob happy, because we were getting attention lol

[Kobe Molested Me]

John Stockton

[Darrin]

The brawl!

As devastating as it was to the Pistons, it was ten times worse for the Pacers. They had a Championship-contender broken up (Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal, Jamaal Tinsley, Reggie Miller, Austin Croshere, Jeff Foster, Fred Jones, Anthony Johnson, Dale Davis, David Harrison) broken up by the suspensions and the fallout. Miller would end his career that season and the Pacers have yet to recover in the standings.

[Hooks]

Damn, Detroit would've been almost unstoppable had they drafted Wade or Lebron...They would've won back to back les and prolly could've 3-peated...

[Darrin]

Damn, Detroit would've been almost unstoppable had they drafted Wade or Lebron...They would've won back to back les and prolly could've 3-peated...

Yeah, and this rebuilding phase could've looked like Duncan in 2003.

[Cane]

the last 11 yrs..haha ...(knicks)

[Dunc n Dave]

From the Duncan era, I have to go with .4 as the lowest point.

From the David Robinson era, I'm going with the Spurs 1st round loss to the Golden State Warriors led by Run TMC. We were the #2 seed, I think and we lost to the #7 seed 3-1 (back when 1st round was best of 5).

I remember being so pissed after that. That series exposed that DRob had no one else he could depend on during those years. No wonder his back gave him problems,,,carrying those scrubs all those years.

[pauls931]

can't make up my mind

[cornbread]

Rod Strickland's behind the head pass to nobody.

[djohn2oo8]

John Stockton...... 2005 Game 7....... Up 2-0 on Jazz in 07 losing in 7 ........96'

[Ashy Larry]

In addition to being the better team, and Jordan getting the steal, the pushoff and the shot, there was also the whole Bavetta rigging the game thing; the Eisley/Harper calls that resulted in a 5 point swing.




I think about losing what would have been our only championship, because of Bavetta, and lol at the people complaining their team never got a 5 or 9 peat or whatever. I understand why you guys remember those moments as devastating, but really, you don't know what pain is.

Those may have attributed to a possible five point swing (really can't see how they missed that Eisley three) but Utah clearly lost that game down the stretch and was "clearly" the better team in that series.

Home court advantage - playing in a place they never lose
Scottie Pippen playing limited minutes with a bad back
No real production elsewhere.

Stockton and Malone should kick themselves in the ass every day they wake up .....

[BullsDynasty]

Damn, Detroit would've been almost unstoppable had they drafted Wade or Lebron...They would've won back to back les and prolly could've 3-peated...

I don't blame Joe, it was obvious knowledge that any other GM in the NBA would have drafted Darko. But even if you would have drafted Bosh, Melo, or Wade, what guarantees you that you would have acquired Rasheed? Rasheed came to the team ready to impcact where is if you would have drafted Melo or Bosh, they wouldn't have brought a championship in the shortrun and by the time they develop to the superstars they are today, You'll have conflicting contracts and would most likely have given up some of your pieces to keep the young superstar.

[Koolaid_Man]

For me I'd say when we won the le on the road in Orlando...that left me with a bad feeling...almost rejected the le out of hand because of that...

[Ashy Larry]

Probably the darkest day of the franchise's history.

still can remember that .... Lakers went into pre-season and I can still remember Chick saying that magic felt a little under the weather.

The my mom just dropped the hammer on my ass and when it came out he was HIV positive, seemed like L.A. was literally underneath a cloudy sky. Just brutal.

[baseline bum]

95 WCF, no doubt. Olajuwon torching Robinson and Rodman and Bob Hill getting into a big pissing match and wrecking the team in the middle of the most important series in franchise history at the time was tough to watch. In retrospect, it's not too bad though considering the franchise's success later on, as balli said.