"But for one night, anyhow, the team from Detroit was the team from everywhere, the public school kids beating the preppy private school kids, the beer league softball team beating the stiffly uniformed semi-pro squad, the local bowler outrolling the visiting pro, the duffer playing a winning round against the club champion.

So the Pistons' locker room early Wednesday morning was not only full of players, their kids, their cousins, their friends, but also Kid Rock, the singer, saying "FU** L.A.! You want me to say it louder? "

- Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 06/17/04 -