combined 41 points over the final three games."

Although they didn't make it to the Finals in 1987, the Pistons still managed to crack the list at No. 47 for their performance that year, when they lost a seven-game Eastern Conference Finals vs. Boston.

The Pistons swept Washington in three games in the opening round, knocked off Atlanta in five and then lost to the Celtics in seven after being on the verge taking a 3-2 series lead back to Detroit when Isiah Thomas committed the biggest blunder of his brilliant career at the end of Game 6.

With Detroit leading 107-106 in the waning seconds, Dennis Rodman blocked a shot by Larry Bird and the ball went out of bounds off the Celtics with five seconds left. Thomas attempted toinbound the ball to Bill Laimbeer under the basket but Bird stepped in and made "The Steal" that Celtics' fans still talk about to this day.

After intercepting the pass, Bird passed to Dennis Johnson cutting down the lane – all the while tip-toeing the baseline to avoid stepping out of bounds – and Johnson laid the ball into the basket with one second left for an improbable 108-107 victory.

In Game 7, the Pistons lost both Vinnie Johnson and Adrian Dantley when they knocked heads while diving for a loose ball. (The joke at the time was that it was the first time in his career Dantley dove for a loose ball and look what happened.)

"Entering the playoffs, the young team on the rise was supposed to be Atlanta,