Detroit Pistons have their first winning season since 2015-16

The Pistons won 14 games last season and have won 42 so far this. That leads them to be the first team in the history of the NBA to triple its total victories from one campaign to another.

The triumph of Detroit Pistons 133-122 above Cleveland Cavaliers Friday had several meanings for those of the ‘motor city’.

The first, hit on the table in the East Conference When stopping the streak of three victories of Cavs leaders, the second, linking a third success that confirms them in the fifth planting of their conference, and the most important, having a winning season again.

The new version of the ‘Rudos Pistons’ did not have a Winning season Since 2015-16, they currently have 42-32. That leads them to be 10 games above .500 for the first time since January 10, 2009.

The team commanded by Coach JB BickerStaffformer CAVS coach, his most recent synodal, is making history for the franchise, because according to the investigation of AM850 STATS & INFOthey are improving, and by far, their victorious brand in a season.

The Pistons won 14 games last season and have won 42 so far this season. That leads them to be the First team in the NBA history in triplicate its total victories of the previous season (excluding closures or strikes).

They have also won 27 games more than in their worst season of the League, which was last, with 14-68. And with Friday’s victory, they matched the Miami Heat of 2008-09 with the greatest increase in victories of a team that ended with the worst record of the NBA the previous campaign.

The cherry in the cake of this result is that for Pistons it was the eighth victory with more than 130 points so far this season, its largest number of matches of this type since 1984-85, with nine.

The Pistons have eight regular seasonal commitments. With three more victories, they could reach 45 for the first time since they had a 59-23 record in 2007-08, also the last season in which he won a playoff duel.

In the face of the playoffs, Detroit can be the ‘black horse’ of the East Conference and give more than a headache to their rivals in the race for the NBA championship.