What the world looked like the last time Pistons won a playoff series

The Detroit Pistons' victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday, May 3 , wasn't just a milestone in NBA history – the 15th team to recover from a 3-1 series deficit – but one for the franchise, as well. The Game 7 win was the Pistons' first playoff series victory since 2008. Since eliminating the Magic in the Eastern Conference’s second round on May 13, 2008, the Pistons had lost five straight playoff series – the ’08 East finals to the Boston Celtics and then first-round matchups in 2009, 2016, 2019 and 2025 (to the Cavaliers twice, the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks , respectively) – before finally advancing to the second round again.

That covers a span of 6,564 days – 17 years, 11 months and 20 days; or, almost 216 months; or, if you’re a “Rent” fan, 9,452,160 minutes (give or take a timeout or two). Whew – that’s a lot of numbers. But how long has it been, really ?

Let’s run through some differences between then, and now. RECAP: Pistons vs Magic Game 7 live updates, channel, stream for NBA playoffs In the Pistons’ roster The oldest Piston on this year’s roster, Tobias Harris, was just wrapping up his fifth year in the NBA. No, actually, we like to kid the vet – “Unc,” as his teammates call him – but Harris was still a few years from joining the leaguein May 2008 – he was just wrapping up his sophomore year of high school in New York state.

The youngest Piston on this year’s roster, meanwhile – Ron Holland – wouldn’t turn three for another couple months. In Detroit sports The city’s sports picture looked slightly different back then: Yes, the Lions were coming off a disappointing season (7-9 in 2007), but had their biggest disappointment still to come – an 0-16 season in 2008. The Red Wings, meanwhile, were riding a notable playoff streak: They were in season No.