Table of Contents COURTSIDE STORIES INTRODUCING Table of Contents FROM THE HOOSIER STATE TO MOTOWN 8 PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 16 THE BAD BOYS ARE REALLY GOOD 22 BACK TO THE TOP 30 INDEX 48 COURTSIDE STORIES THE FLYING Z 11 THE BIRD 21 INTENSE PRESSURE 24 THE WORM TURNS 26 BASKET-BRAWL AT THE PALACE 33 LINDSEY HUNTER’S ODYSSEY 44 INTRODUCING DAVE BING 12 BOB LANIER 15 CHUCK DALY 18 ISIAH THOMAS 29 JOE DUMARS 35 RICHARD HAMILTON 41
FROM THE HOOSIER STATE TO MOTOWN AT DUSK DETROIT’S CITY LIGHTS GLOW ALONG THE SHORES OF THE DETROIT RIVER FROM THE HOOSIER STATE TO MOTOWN 8
Few American cities are as closely identified with a particular industry as Detroit is with automobile manufacturing Henry Ford built the first factory there in 1899 and within a few years some of the nation’s best-known brands had made the city their home Many were named for men who played a key role in their growth and development railroad mechanic Walter Chrysler engine developer David Dunbar Buick Swiss race car driver Louis Chevrolet and French army officer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac who founded Detroit in 1701 The industry quickly spread beyond Detroit to surrounding communities many of which made vital components for the cars and were also named for their founders Pistons which move up and down in the engine blocks to deliver the power that propels vehicles were made by Zollner Machine Works in Fort Wayne Indiana DAVE DEBUSSCHERE 9
