How Jalen Duren, Cade Cunningham's Pistons improved a lot before NBA Playoffs

How Jalen Duren, Cade Cunningham's Pistons improved a lot before NBA Playoffs originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . A large majority of the NBA world was astounded by the sudden rise of the Detroit Pistons.

More than Coach JB Bickerstaff's schematics, they also found new ways to improve. The result? Well, Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren have become All-Stars.

Moreover, they have a very realistic shot of retaining homecourt advantage for the whole of the NBA Playoffs. So, what's the secret? Duren outlines Pistons' heavy focus on film When watching Pistons games, a glaring separator between them and other teams is how they operate like a well-oiled machine.

It also not just Cunningham and Duren who do well on the floor. Coach Bickerstaff has found a way to elevate guys in their rotation like Daniss Jenkins, Ron Holland III, and Paul Reed before the NBA Playoffs. Duren noted that it was all because they evaluated Coach Bickerstaff's schemes and how they would fare against other squads.