Wednesday, June 16, 2004


Yahoo! News - Pistons Crush Lakers to Claim Championship
Showing attacking flair to go along with their trademark gritty defense, the Pistons completed one of the biggest upsets in the NBA finals to lift their first title since 1990 with a startling dissection of the heavily-favored Lakers.

With three titles in the last four years and a roster stocked with All-Stars and future Hall of Famers, the swashbuckling Lakers arrived at the finals expecting to add to the franchise's glorious legacy.

But the Pistons, who rely on teamwork over glitz and glamor, utterly dominated the Lakers to win the best-of-seven finals 4-1 and return the title to the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1998.

Is Detroit still standing this morning? Congrats to the Pistons!