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The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena, located in Midtown Detroit. The team is one of the NBA's "Original Eight" charter teams. They were founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a semi-professional company basketball team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1937. The club would turn professional in 1941 as a member of the National Basketball League (NBL), where they won two NBL championships (1944 and 1945). The Pistons later joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948. The NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA in 1949, and the Pistons became part of the merged league. In 1957, the franchise moved to Detroit. The Pistons have won three NBA championships: in 1989, 1990 and 2004.
On January 1, 2025, following a win over the Orlando Magic, the Pistons surpassed the previous season's win total. On March 28, the Pistons secured their first winning season since 2016. They also became the second team in NBA history to triple their win total from the previous season, joining the 2012–13 Charlotte Bobcats, and the first to do so from the previous full season On April 4, the Pistons clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2019 with a 117–105 win over the Toronto Raptors. The Pistons finished the 2024–25 season at 44–38, their best record since 2016. On April 21, the Pistons snapped their NBA-record, 15-game postseason losing streak by beating the New York Knicks 100–94 in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The Pistons were ultimately defeated by the Knicks in six games. During the 2025–26 season, the Pistons tied a franchise record by winning 13 consecutive games. On March 19, 2026, the Pistons secured their first 50-win season since 2007–08. The next day, the Pistons clinched a playoff berth for the second consecutive season. On March 31, the Pistons won the Central Division title for the first time since 2008. On April 4, the Pistons clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2007.
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