Ten seasons ago, Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to a 23-3 start, the same record the Pistons enjoy entering tonight's game against the Miami Heat.
But for as well as the Pistons have played to this point, it's hard to imagine them matching the Bulls' torrid pace in that 1995-96 season.
After losing their third game of the season, those Bulls rattled off 18 straight victories to improve to 41-3, the best start by an NBA team. The Bulls finished 72-10, the best record by an NBA team.
They keep rolling along, pushing aside their flirtation with history with their words, while their actions keep pulling them a little closer to something truly remarkable.
The Pistons now are 24-3.
Let that rattle around in your imagination a little bit.
At the season's one-third pole, the Pistons essentially are tied with the Chicago Bulls' record-setting pace of 72 single-season victories, set in the 1995-96 season.
AUBURN HILLS Ron Harper is rooting for the Pistons to challenge his 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls record of 72 victories. No, really, he is.
I tell these guys to take it one game at a time and anything can happen, said Harper, who was a starting guard opposite Michael Jordan on that legendary Bulls team. And if it happens, I will be happy. Because that
would mean that I did it twice once as a player and once as a coach.
But Harper, and the Pistons, know it's a long shot. That Bulls team started 24-3, just like the Pistons have. But the Bulls won the next 17 games to cap an 18-game run and go to 41-3 before losing their fourth game.
72-10 record?
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