Detroit Pistons Schedule

Before every fall, when the Detroit Pistons schedule is about ready to kick off, fans from the Motor City and indeed from all over the state of Michigan can undoubtedly be found studying the lineup of future opponents to determine how the team will do this season -- and to find out which games they want to buy tickets for, too. Is there anything in all of professional sports that can generate more excitement than a schedule? It looks like a deceptively innocent piece of paper to the untrained eye, but basketball fans know that the Pistons schedule holds with it the hopes and dreams of Detroit NBA fans. Melodramatic? Hardly. A schedule allows a fan to check out the upcoming season, and mentally evaluate how well their favorite club will do in the year ahead. Ideally, this process would require fairly comparing and contrasting the abilities of the hometown team against those of the men they will be facing, but invariably a team's chances shine must brighter in the eyes of the devoted faithful.

Key Dates on the 2005 Detroit Pistons Schedule

This season's Detroit Pistons schedule features many interesting match-ups that will undoubtedly grab the attention of fans everywhere. The Pistons season opens at the Palace in Auburn Hills with a November 2 game against the Philadelphia 76ers. On Fridays from November 25 through December 23, fans in attendance will receive one of four throwback figurines, including ones featuring Pistons greats Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars. On Christmas, the Pistons will host a rematch of last year's NBA Finals as the San Antonio Spurs come to town for a Sunday showdown. Then on February 12, they will travel to Miami in a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference Finals series with the Heat. Eleven days later marks the second game of the season with Central Division rivals Indiana, as the Pacers return to the site of the infamous brawl. The two teams first meet on February 4, and then lock horns again twice more -- once on March 24 and again on April 9.