The Detroit Pistons sit at the 6th spot in the eastern conference. They are a half game ahead of The Brooklyn Nets and 2.5 games ahead of The Miami Heat.
The Pistons lost the tiebreaker against the Nets after a disappointing blowout game earlier this month. Luckily for them, they will likely hold the tiebreaker against the Heat because of their better conference record.
Brooklyn’s schedule is the hardest of the three between themselves, Pistons, and Heat. Seven of their last 8 remaining games of the season are teams over .500. Their only game against a team under .