From a 28-game losing streak to the top of the East, the Pistons have rebuilt themselves the old Detroit way \u2013 defense, defiance and a refusal to stay down<\/p>\n
In Detroit, the black-eyed Susan grows along lonely highways and in vacant lots. It pushes through gravel and broken glass. It survives heat that cracks the earth and winters that freeze it solid. When the wind bends its stem, it cracks back in place.<\/p>\n
Its petals are a grungy yellow, the shade of anxiety, orbiting a bruised center. Black-eyed, signaling it can take a punch. It\u2019s the kind of flower Pistons legend Dennis Rodman would wear in his hair. Hard to kill. Just like the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n
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