Farewell to the Palace: Pistons vs. Wizards thread

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It's the end of an era from the Bad Boys to Chauncey Billups. Next year they move to Pizzarena.

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WorldwideTJRob

April 10th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^

This is false, cut on any national radio show and they are more apt to talk basketball than hockey any day of the week. Hockey is big here and a couple other spots in the US. Basketball is a more popular sport nationwide. My buddy is from Philly and as terrible as the Sixers are, they are more likely to talk about them than the flyers on the radio. Same for the Knicks in NY.

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jmblue

April 10th, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^

I'm not talking about the size of the total audience for the two sports - obviously the NBA's is larger.

I'm talking about the gap in quality of play between a good NBA team and a bad one, which IMO, is larger than in the other sports.  Playoff basketball is really entertaining; lottery-level basketball is awful.

 

 

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rainingmaize

April 10th, 2017 at 11:16 PM ^

In hockey, every playoff team has a chance, which is why we have seen a few 8 seeds in the finals, and have seen several teams come back and win being down un a series 3-0. That would NEVER happen in the NBA. We all know two of GS, San Antonio, Cleveland, and Boston will be in the finals. Sidenote, the NBA has become unwatchable in recent years. No one plays physical, no one plays D, no one dives for the ball, and if you breath on a superstar you get a foul called on you. I think many Detroiters have picked up on all if this.

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TheCool

April 11th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^

Exactly wrong. The NBA is having no problem with maintaining a fan base. There are definitely issues, but they same, especially in terms of officiating, is true of the NHL. Your statement about 8 seeds chances of winning is irrelevant considering hockey is barely 4th in popularity among professional sports, so parole clearly don't care.

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UMProud

April 10th, 2017 at 10:32 PM ^

And the Pistons lose...sad way to close out the Palace chapter of their franchise. Seems like yesterday there was that contest to name the building

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Wolverine Devotee

April 10th, 2017 at 10:53 PM ^

Goodbye, Palace.

I've been to far less games there than I have the Joe, but nonetheless.

The first things I was there for was the rodeo and then the circus as a kid before going to my first Pistons game. 

Lots of Michigan Basketball games there. Most of them against Oakland and then we had those two NCAA Tournament games in 2013. 

I actually graduated high school at the Palace in 2014.

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Fab and Fresh

April 10th, 2017 at 11:30 PM ^

I snuck in the building and then cut in line (they held a lottery for the right to purchase tickets) and bought tickets to all three home games of the 2004 NBA Finals. What a conquest!!



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HimJarbaugh

April 11th, 2017 at 9:56 AM ^

I caught more concerts than games at the Palace. Living north of Detroit, Auburn Hills was convenient to get to games, so that was nice. Still, I can't help but think this is good for the spirit of the fans. There is something to be said for congregating in a city before the game rather than driving in from all parts.

One the the Palace did was give the Pistons a home, of sorts. It seemed like prior to it, they were playing whereever they could. The Palace was theirs, however, and they filled it with memories.

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Honey Badger

April 11th, 2017 at 2:13 PM ^

I remember when The Palace opened they had a contest to name it.  The winner received lifetime tickets to any event.  As a kid, I thought I was going to win and was in disbelief when they chose a generic name like "The Palace".  

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