The Portland Trail Blazers are preparing to face off against a fellow NBA bottom-dweller a team right in the thick of the Eastern Conference play-in race as they come up against the Detroit Pistons.
Just a game under .500, the new-look Pistons - minus a coach with four years and $68M remaining on his contract and with a handful of additional veterans - will likely become the NBA’s most improved team since last year, and have already surpassed last year’s win total with more than half the season yet to play.