NBA Power Rankings 2025-26: Thunder Dominate Again, But Which Unexpected Team Crashes the Top Five?
4. Detroit Pistons
(8-2, last week No. 9)
Detroit has won six in a row and found its formula: A top-three defense and a lot of Cade Cunningham. While it’s Cade who gets the headlines, it’s the improvement of the defense that makes what is happening with the Pistons sustainable and makes them a postseason threat. Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff gives a lot of credit for the defense to the rim protection of Isaiah Stewart: “He’s the best rim protector in the league. His timing, anticipation, always being early to the spot. It’s a fearlessness, right?”


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