To those who weren't paying attention, the OKC Thunder came out of nowhere to become the most dominant team in the NBA over the last few years.
To the more keen eye, however, their breakout had been a long time coming, and now they are reaping the benefits of having built a superteam piece by piece.
Now, it appears the Detroit Pistons are resembling a what the OKC did during their early stages of domination.
Pistons taking similar approach to juggernaut status as Thunder did
They've taken the East by storm, starting out 13-2 and rank first in the conference as of Wednesday.