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2004–05 Detroit Pistons season
Eastern Conference Champions
Head coach	Larry Brown
Owner(s)	William Davidson
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills

Results
Record	54–28 (.659)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (eliminated 4–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Detroit, WKBD
Radio	WDFN
Detroit Pistons seasons
< 2003–04	2005–06 >

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NBA Draft
2 Roster
- 2.1 Depth chart
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Standings
4 NBA finals
5 External links
6 References

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	54	Rickey Paulding	Guard	United States	Missouri

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Ben Wallace		Elden Campbell Darko Miličić
PF	Rasheed Wallace	Antonio McDyess
SF	Tayshaun Prince		Darvin Ham Ronald Dupree	Carlos Delfino
SG	Richard Hamilton
PG	Chauncey Billups	Lindsey Hunter	Carlos Arroyo	Horace Jenkins

Regular season

Standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	–	32–9	22–19	8–8
x-Chicago Bulls	47	35	.573	7	27–14	20–21	8–8
x-Indiana Pacers	44	38	.537	10	25–16	19–22	9–7
Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	12	29–12	13–28	7–9
Milwaukee Bucks	30	52	.366	24	23–18	7–34	8–8

NBA finals

Main article: 2005 NBA Finals

External links

References

v t e Detroit Pistons

Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and the Fort Wayne Pistons • Founded in 1941 • Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan

Franchise	Detroit Pistons • All-time roster • Seasons • Draft history • Head coaches • Current season

Arenas	North Side High School Gym • Allen County War Memorial Coliseum • Olympia Stadium • Cobo Arena • Pontiac Silverdome • Joe Louis Arena • The Palace

Head coaches	Carl Bennett • Curly Armstrong • Murray Mendenhall • Paul Birch • Charley Eckman • Red Rocha • Dick McGuire • Charles Wolf • Dave DeBusschere • Donnie Butcher • Paul Seymour • Butch van Breda Kolff • Terry Dischinger • Earl Lloyd • Ray Scott • Herb Brown • Bob Kauffman • Dick Vitale • Richie Adubato • Scotty Robertson • Chuck Daly • Ron Rothstein • Don Chaney • Doug Collins • Alvin Gentry • George Irvine • Rick Carlisle • Larry Brown • Flip Saunders • Michael Curry • John Kuester • Lawrence Frank

D-League affiliate	Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Retired numbers	William Davidson • Jack McCloskey • 2 • 4 • 10 • 11 • 15 • 16 • 21 • 40

Hall of Famers	Bobby McDermott • Dave DeBusschere • Walt Bellamy • Dave Bing • Larry Brown • Chuck Daly • Adrian Dantley • Joe Dumars • Harry Gallatin • Bob Houbregs • Bailey Howell • Bob Lanier • Earl Lloyd • Bob McAdoo • Dick McGuire • Andy Phillip • Dennis Rodman • Isiah Thomas • George Yardley • Fred Zollner

NBA Championships (3)	1989 • 1990 • 2004

Culture and lore	Hooper • Jordan Rules • John Mason • Pacers–Pistons brawl

Rivals	Chicago Bulls • Boston Celtics • Los Angeles Lakers

Broadcasters	TV: Fox Sports Detroit • Radio: WXYT-AM, WXYT-FM, WWJ • Announcers: George Blaha • Greg Kelser • Mark Champion • Rick Mahorn • Matt Dery • John Long • Eli Zaret

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2004–05 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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