If you’re a Detroit Pistons’ old head, you’ll remember their down and dirty rivalry with the Indiana Pacers in the early 2000s. Everyone remembers The Block and Malice at the Palace, but these teams were the cream of the crop in the East for about five years.
I was a teenager during those glory years, and I always remember the Pistons have a specific rival for a span of 1-2 years. It was the New Jersey Nets, then the Pacers, then the Miami Heat, then the Orlando Magic then the Boston Celtics.