Race is on in the East
There are several hot teams in the NBA, but the race in the East seems to be coming down to two teams, who are both playing lights out basketball that is taking the league back to the glory days of the 80s. The Pistons are in the middle of a 10 game winning streak, where they’ve been dominating opponents by an average of almost 17 points per game. They aren’t the ‘Bad Boys’ of the late 80s-early 90s, but they are winning like them. Detroit is running away with the Central Division with a 24-7 record, and is now holds a comfortable 9.5 game lead over Indiana. In fact, the Pistons are the only team in the division with a winning record.
The only other division with a greater disparity between the leader and the rest of the pack is in the Atlantic, where the Celtics boast the best record in the league at 27-3, and have a 10.5 game lead over the Raptors. The Celtics are owners of a nice streak of their own, having won 7 in a row.
In the Southeast division, the Magic are in the closest race in the East, where their 22-11 record gives them a 4.5 game lead over the Atlanta Hawks. If the Eastern Conference Finals come down to the Celtics and the Pistons, basketball fans will be overjoyed to have what looks to be a great post-season, after a quite a few less than stellar ones.
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