Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Pistons '2004 <unk> 05 kakar ya kasance alama ta babbar muhawara, da kuma matsalolin da suka shafi Larry Brown. A cikin watan farko na kakar wasa, a
Rikici tsakanin Indiana Pacers da Pistons ya barke, daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka faru tsakanin magoya baya da 'yan wasa a tarihin wasannin Amurka. Ya haifar da tara mai yawa da dakatar da 'yan wasa da yawa da kuma NBA da kafofin watsa labarai da yawa. A halin yanzu, an tilasta wa Brown barin ƙungiyar a lokuta biyu saboda damuwa da lafiya. A wannan lokacin, ya kasance batun jerin jita-jitar da ke danganta shi da sauran ayyukan budewa. Damuwa game da lafiyar Brown da kuma fushi game da zarginsa na neman wasu ayyuka a lokacin kakar wasa, Pistons sun sayi kwangilarsa ba da daɗewa ba bayan wasan karshe na NBA na 2005. Ba da daɗewa ba aka nada Brown a matsayin babban kocin New York Knicks, yayin da Pistons suka ɗauki Flip Saunders, wanda a baya ya kasance na Minnesota Timberwolves.