Some Detroiters are upset with comic Jimmy Kimmell for suggesting during a recent NBA Finals broadcast that, "They're going to burn the city of Detroit down if the Pistons win."

Kimmel's show was pulled from the air Wednesday night in the Detroit market.

"We think that there is a lot of discussion about how Jimmy Kimmel has jeopardized his right to have clearance in this community." said Channel 7's news director.

WDFN 1130 mid-morning host Sean Baligian fielded an hour of calls Wednesday, fueled by people outraged at Kimmel.

“It was unreal. Man, did that statement ever touch a nerve,” Baligian said. “People are mad. They're offended. I have never received such a quick reaction.”

Now it may have been a bad joke, but it's not like it couldn't happen. I'm having a hard time finding articles on past NBA chamopionships in Detroit since the last two were in 1989 and 1990 and there was no internet back then. I did however, find a study on the impact of sports on cities from Williams University which says:

"...violent celebrations first received widespread publicity following the NBA title won by the Detroit Pistons in the late 1980s..."

Seems to me that Detroit is the birthplace of violent celebrations.