The Eastern Conference is a bit chaotic: The Pistons lead the way, the heroes are competing, and we are dreaming back to 20 years ago?

Let us assume,

In the first round of the 2026 NBA playoffs, the Detroit Pistons, the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference, met the Boston Celtics, who climbed up from the play-offs.

In the first game, Tatum returns, do you think it will be a black tie?

This is not alarmist. The Pistons currently rank first in the Eastern Conference with 13 wins and 2 losses, and like the Thunder in the West, they are three games ahead of the second-place Raptors (10 wins and 5 losses).

This is not the most arrogant thing.

The Raptors are only three games away from the 11th-place Bucks (8-7).

Let's put it this way. Except for the Pistons, the second place to the 11th place in the Eastern Conference is in a scuffle.

Anyone may grab the second spot, or they may not even make it to the play-offs.

One thing to say is that one month after the start of the season, the East is better than the West.

The Pistons are far ahead not only because of "Cunningham Duren", the Eastern Conference's No. 1 pick-and-roll engine, but more importantly, under the training of coach Biscotav, No. 1 Jamie Stewart and Osar Thompson are no longer rough fools, and have gradually acquired high-level skills such as high-position support.

At the same time, the previous European shooter Fontacchio was upgraded to Duncan Robinson, who is no longer just proficient in shooting after years of polishing in the Heat.

This year's Pistons can be called a model of building a team around a young ball-handling core, although it has only taken a detour for two years.

But Cunningham eventually embarked on a fast track to success similar to Harden and Doncic.

Even if the Pistons can maintain such a strong performance, Cunningham, the 2021 No. 1 pick, has the opportunity to become the biggest spoiler in the MVP battle between Jokic and Alexander.

The Raptors rushed to second place with a five-game winning streak. The "Three Musketeers on the Front Line" of Barnes-Ingram-Barrett have been getting better after the second half of last season.

Today, the 76ers were defeated in the away game. All the five starting players scored more than 15 points. This is the all-round team that head coach Matkovic has always longed to build.

Inside center Bortle is the security guard at the basket, while Yingge, Barnes, Maple Leafs and Kuaiman all have the ability to attack with the ball and finish in all directions.

In fact, the scariest thing is that the current salary structure of this Raptors is reasonable, and they can be completed and upgraded at any time with a transaction, such as prying thick eyebrows from Dallas, or getting Morant from Memphis.

As the top teams last season, the Knicks (9-5) and Cavaliers (10-6) are currently experiencing difficulties.

New coach Mike Brown has been looking for a fifth man besides Brunson Towns-Anunoby-Bridges. The twin towers experimented at the beginning of the season failed because Mitchell Robinson fell again. Hart also declined after being demoted to the sixth man this year.

The Knicks are currently on a rather shaky road in the regular season. Today they narrowly defeated Dallas, which almost lacked a starting lineup, by two points. The day before yesterday, they were beaten by the Heat in an away game.

After leaving Thibodeau, they have not shown obvious improvement for the time being.

The Cavaliers were the No. 1 offensive team last season, but this season they have dropped to ninth in the league.

Firstly, Garland has only played 3 games on the outside, and Mitchell is the only star in the backcourt. Mobley, who was rated among the top ten in the league by ESPN this year, seems to have entered a bottleneck period again.

This last season's Dpoy currently averages 18.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.4 blocks per game, but various high-end statistics have increased instead of falling compared to last season. Today against the Rockets Alperon Shenjing was suppressed by the entire audience.

So LeBron is smart, is this Cavaliers really better than the current Lakers?

The Hawks, Heat (both 9-6), and Bulls (8-6) are all very good-looking fast-playing Cyclones.

After the Eagles defeated Yang Shaoxia, they were 7-3. Jaren Johnson and Daniels played happily with a group of Scuds.

After the Heat introduced former Grizzlies assistant coach LaRoche this season, they are not only playing fast, but their points per game have soared to first in the Eastern Conference and third in the league. Although they have also lost many games that they should not lose, it is indeed refreshing.

The young Bulls are another young team in the Eastern Conference. Josh Giddy can finally play with peace of mind after renewing his contract. This year, he averaged 20.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game. It is very likely that he will have a triple-double this season, but anyone who has watched him play knows that.

Compared with the blood-sucking style of the former mvp, he is a real booster teammate on the court.

The most terrifying thing about this bull is that they seem to have unlimited physical ability. They had a fierce double overtime battle with the Jazz away from home on Monday, and flew to Denver back-to-back the next day to crush the Nuggets.

Today, in the final game of three away games in four days, they reversed course and defeated the Trail Blazers in the away game.

Now there is one thing that stands out in the Bulls game, and it is not boring.

The 76ers (8-6), Bucks, Magic, and Celtics (8-7), the four teams that were considered to have the opportunity to dominate the Eastern Conference before the start of the game, also had mixed emotions.

The 76ers Emperor and George are in decline, but Maxey and Edgecombe have already propped up the future.

The Bucks only have Antetokounmpo as their core player this year, but Rollins and Kuzma can also contribute from time to time. The offensive power of the old Rivers with the remaining lineup is indeed impressive.

The Magic were once expected to return, but Banchero's injury was untimely.

As for the Celtics, Jaylen Brown can finally let go.

In China today, internet celebrity teams are basically concentrated in the West, from the Lakers and Warriors to the Rockets and Clippers.

Many people are complaining that the league is not what it used to be, while clinging to a few internet celebrity teams that are in decline..

Especially in the east this year, in terms of suspense and drama, the east wind really outweighs the west wind.