Kammala wannan magana: Pistons sun sami hanya mai wuya zuwa wasan karshe. Zagaye na farko ya kasance nasara mai sauƙi na wasanni biyar a kan Philadelphia. Bayan haka, Pistons sun fuskanci Indiana Pacers, daya daga cikin kungiyoyin NBA mafi karfi. Yawancin masana sun yi tsammanin Indiana za ta yi rauni kuma ta rasa wasan karshe bayan
Pacers  Pistons brawl; duk da haka, jagorancin Pacers wanda ya yi ritaya Reggie Miller, Pacers har yanzu sun yi wasan karshe kuma ba zato ba tsammani sun lashe wasannin zagaye na farko da suka yi da Boston Celtics na Atlantic Division. Pacers sun yi babban kalubale amma bayan rashin nasara a wasa na shida, aikin Reggie Miller na shekaru 19 ya ƙare. Tare da jerin da suka ƙare a Indianapolis, Miller ya yi jinyar doguwar tsayawa daga jama'ar Conseco Fieldhouse. Abokin gaba na Detroit shi ne Miami mai lamba 1 na Gabas, wanda manyan taurari Dwyane Wade da Shaquille O'Neal suka jagoranci. Bayan lashe wasan farko, Pistons ya fadi a baya 2-1 bayan wasanni uku da 3-2 bayan wasanni biyar. Ta hanyar lashe wasa na shida a kan kotun gida, Pistons sun tilasta wasa na bakwai. A Wasan Bakwai, Detroit ta shawo kan rashin daidaito don kayar da Heat a American Airlines Arena, kuma ta haka ne suka ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe na NBA a shekara ta biyu a jere.