This season, the Detroit Pistons have been as good on the offensive side of the game as they’ve ever been. Despite missing significant time from Blake Griffin and Reggie Jackson, according to basketball-reference.com, this season’s Pistons team would have the ninth best offensive rating in team history (109.4). In each of those other eight seasons, the Pistons made the playoffs every single time. However, there’s a flip side to this season that didn’t exist during those others, which is the Pistons being dreadful on defense.
If Detroit kept up their current pace of points allowed per 100 possessions (112.