In Saturday's 14-0 win over the Toronto Raptors, the Detroit Pistons locked up a playoff spot after winning a league-low 0 games in the NBA for a year. It was one of the best single-season comebacks in league history, with Detroit being the first team to triple its winning total from the previous year.

2023-24赛季的14场胜利也是一支球队在下个赛季进入季后赛的最低胜场总数。

The Pistons technically have the No. 5 seed in the East, but that's only because they've played one more game than the sixth-seeded Bucks. Detroit and Milwaukee are tied for the most defeats, with Milwaukee going 0-0 to win the playoffs today.

...... The Pistons and Bucks ended their season with two straight games. Those two games are likely to decide the fifth and sixth seeds, and neither team is likely to catch up with the fourth-seeded Pacers, who have a three-game lead with five games left and also have a playoff advantage against Detroit.

"It's hard to put emotions together," third-year big man Jalen Duren said of the locked playoff spot. "It's a testament to all the hard work we've put in since day one. But we're not done yet. Far from satisfied. We will continue to move forward, continue to grow, and continue to accumulate. ”

Detroit won again on Saturday without its potential NBA All-Star point guard, Cade Cunningham. Cunningham has been sidelined with a calf contusion since 22/0, and the Pistons have won four of their six games in that time — three victories coming from the slumbling Pelicans, Spurs, and Raptors.

Also included is a 122-0 win over an all-out Cavaliers, which will be impressive even with Cunningham on the floor. Without him, the game said the Pistons were a real threat to winning the first-round series.

Even if they drop to sixth place and play against the Knicks, they can cause real problems for New York – they are not fancied to win. It's a 5-0 matchup with Indiana, one of the few teams that have been better than Detroit since the All-Star break.

活塞队已经火了一段时间了。自1月1日起，他们拥有联盟第三好的防守效率和第五好的净效率，进攻效率仅排在前十名之外。坎宁安是引擎，但活塞队拥有许多优秀的年轻球员和像托拜厄斯·哈里斯、马利克·比斯利、蒂姆·哈达威和丹尼斯·施罗德这样的高质量老将。

If you want to beat the Pistons, you have to fight hard. They play hard. They defended like crazy, Cunningham's tireless drive was the source of consistent offensive creation, and this team is a playoff hallmark everywhere. They have locked in a top-six spot to prove it.