The motor uses a whoosh of air to push its two pistons up and down.
Yet in comparison, jet engines-- having fewer moving parts--are ten times more reliable than pistons.
Instead, two pistons face each other and the space between them serves as the combustion chamber.
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Will Bynum had 23 points for the Pistons, who snapped a four-game winning streak.
Brooklyn then committed an 8-second violation, but the Pistons missed their final three shots.
The Pistons had lost Bill Davidson, the owner for 37 years, a couple of years prior.
Pistons coach Lawrence Frank returned after missing six games to be with his seriously ill wife.
The Pistons hope Drummond, who has been out since Feb. 8, will return before season's end.
The average age of the Pistons' lineup climbed to 29.1 from 26.6 with Jerebko.
The Pistons, the Knicks' opponent here Wednesday, landed on that list, having lost 16 double-digit leads.
But the gas-seals would be perfect if the pistons were liquid rather than solid.
The Pistons led 27-16 late in the first quarter after Jose Calderon sank a 3-pointer.
The players jumped up and down like pistons in an effort to stay loose.
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Traveler, as well as Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs series between the Bulls and Pistons.
Still others have bent cucumber shaped pistons zooming back and forth in a huge, hollow cast-iron doughnut.
There is hope that the Pistons will start the second-half of the season with a new owner.
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San Antonio played without Duncan and Ginobili, and the Pistons equaled their highest score of the season.
Pistons PG Jose Calderon returned to the lineup after missing the previous game with a sore right arm.
In 2000 when the team went 32-50 the Pistons still managed to lease all 180 suites.
The Spurs, who ended their 11-game winning streak against the Pistons, play the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night.
"The last two times we've played New York, they've dominated the first quarter, " Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said.
For the fourth straight season, the Detroit Pistons will be missing the playoffs and going on an early vacation.
An Ilitch spokeswoman declined to comment, citing a non-disclosure agreement with the Pistons.
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The Pistons reportedly borrowed money this past season to meet operating expenses.
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In "The New Silk Road" we note one of its promising pistons.
The Detroit Pistons offered a similar Social Media Night but with a twist.
Pistons general manager, Joe Dumars is currently restructuring the franchise on the court.
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However, the Pistons scored the game's last 11 points, capped by Kim English's free throw with 53 seconds to go.
Pistons heaving up and down, it ushers me gracefully past swans and pedalos, around the zigzag margins of the lake.
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