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2025-26 NBA Central standings
The Detroit Pistons won the 2025-26 NBA Central division race at 60-22, 8 games ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
🏆The 2025-26 playoffs, series by series
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Central standings, 2025-26
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Detroit Pistons (DET) e | 60 | 22 | .732 | - | 8-2 | W3 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE) x | 52 | 30 | .634 | 8 | 7-3 | W1 |
| Milwaukee Bucks (MIL) | 32 | 50 | .390 | 28 | 3-7 | L1 |
| Chicago Bulls (CHI) | 31 | 51 | .378 | 29 | 2-8 | L2 |
| Indiana Pacers (IND) | 19 | 63 | .232 | 41 | 3-7 | L2 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
- e
- clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 3 times.
- The Detroit Pistons trailed by as many as 2 games on October 31, 2025.
- The Detroit Pistons took first place for good on November 7, 2025.
- The Detroit Pistons won 13 games in a row from October 29, 2025 to November 24, 2025, the longest run of the race.
- The Chicago Bulls led by 1.5 games as late as November 1, 2025.
- The Detroit Pistons went 16-3 from November 4, 2025 to December 17, 2025, turning a deficit of 1 game into a lead of 7 games.
- Five teams held first place.
- The Detroit Pistons spent 158 of the season's 174 charted days in first place.