Brent Barry says Pistons won last Christmas game because Spurs got food poisoning
By Dan Feldman
It’s been a while since the Pistons played on Christmas, but the last time went pretty well.
Detroit blew out the Spurs in 2005, a rematch of that year’s NBA Finals.
Why were the Pistons so successful that day?
Brent Barry, who then played for San Antonio, on NBA TV:
"I’m pretty sure the night before, in the hotel, that the cooks had something special for the guys on the team, because, one it took about two and a half hours for us to get our Christmas eve meal. And I won’t mention the name of the hotel. But the next day we had several players who were not feeling all that well for our, I believe it was a 12:30 tip.So we went out and played Detroit, got our butts kicked by the Pistons, scored 70 points in that game.So, not the most memorable Christmas"