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Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

Eastern Conference · power rating #4

Elo

1588

Projected

47.7–34.3

Playoffs

95%

Title

5.3%

Last season · 2025-26

Record

60–22

Home

32–9

Away

28–13

Net rating

+8.2

Conference

#1

Rating history

Detroit Pistonsleague 10th–90th percentile
15002004: 17072005: 16862006: 16202007: 16352008: 16432009: 14592010: 13552011: 14012012: 14142013: 13812014: 13492015: 14632016: 14932017: 14292018: 14812019: 14612020: 13432021: 13502022: 13662023: 12742024: 12992025: 15432026: 164616460407101316192225
End-of-season rating. 1500 is the league mean by construction — Elo is zero-sum, so the average team is always 1500 and a rising line means rising relative to everyone else, not in absolute terms. Gaps are seasons the franchise did not play under this name.

Where they finish

#1
7.5%
#2
22.4%
#3
18.9%
#4
14.7%
#5
11.8%
#6
8.9%
#7
6.6%
#8
4.5%
#9
2.7%
#10
1.6%

Conference seed at the end of the regular season. Seeds 1–6 qualify directly; 7–10 enter the play-in.

Next games

Tue, Oct 20vsBoston CelticsBoston Celtics57.1%Fri, Oct 23@Miami HeatMiami Heat54.3%Sun, Oct 25@Philadelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers54.1%Tue, Oct 27@New York KnicksNew York Knicks30.9%Wed, Oct 28vsCharlotte HornetsCharlotte Hornets58.3%Fri, Oct 30@Brooklyn NetsBrooklyn Nets74.5%Mon, Nov 2@Charlotte HornetsCharlotte Hornets45.2%Wed, Nov 4vsPhiladelphia 76ersPhiladelphia 76ers66.2%

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