Five biggest games for the Detroit Pistons in 2016-17
By Duncan Smith
Just a month away from the beginning of the NBA preseason, join us as we preview what look to be the five biggest games for the Detroit Pistons in 2016-17.
We are tantalizingly close to basketball being played once again, just about a month shy of the first Detroit Pistons‘ preseason game on the road against the Brooklyn Nets. Naturally, in a post about the Pistons’ five biggest games this season, this will be the last reference to the Nets.
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The 2016-17 season comes with expectations the Pistons haven’t had placed on them in almost a decade. The Pistons are expected to get into the playoffs this season, and they’re expected to compete for a spot in the top half of the bracket and even advance.
The Pistons will have to step up and deliver if they’re going to achieve these goals, but optimism is in the air. Thanks to the way they competed against some of the best teams in the NBA last season, this is a team that knows it can beat anybody. As a result, we’ll get to see some rivalries develop and grow in 2016-17.
Let’s take a look at the five biggest games on the Pistons’ schedule, at least at this early date.
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