The Bad Boy Pistons allowed more PPG than Dirk/Nash's Mavs/Suns

[SHAQisGOAT]

I could try and drop some knowledge but your ignorant-ass wouldn't pay attention or even understand it, so I'll just leave it at...
If (those) Mavs/Suns were playing in the same league as the Bad Boys you can bet your life that they would give up more points and have a worse DRtg, and that's considerably.

Plenty of good posts in this thread, already.

[Asukal]

Defensive rating?

OP must be yaomingfoot's alt. Just ban his ass already.

[juju151111]

What the Pistons Playoffs stats on defense. I could of sworn watching the documentary that they didn't allow a team to reach 100 pts in 1990

[OldSchoolBBall]

Because they were playing against far better offenses.

In the '90 playoffs they held their opponents to 94.8 ppg/43.5% FG. Their playoff opponents averaged 110 ppg/48.8% FG in the regular season. So they held teams to -15 ppg/-5.3% FG below their seasonal averages.

For comparison's sake, the 2008 Celtics - considered by many to be "the best defense ever" - held their playoff opponents to 88.8 ppg/42.6% FG. These opponents averaged 100 ppg/45.7% FG during the regular season. So they held opponents to -11 ppg/-3.1% FG. As you can see, Detroit's differentials were much higher than Boston's.

That's why those Pistons are one of the best defenses ever.