""You take pride in understanding how hard it is to do these things in this league. You take pride in the fact that you have a group of young men who have grown and achieved certain milestones. It's a part of the process, and we expect more.""
""He's so talented. He's a different kind of big that you see in the NBA. You have space-up bigs and post-up bigs, but when you have somebody who can do both, he's a problem for people.""
""We knew we were trying to do something special this year. It's great to accomplish something like this, but we have our eyes on the playoffs and doing some damage there. We'll celebrate this tonight and get back to work tomorrow.""
The Detroit Pistons clinched the Central Division title by defeating the Toronto Raptors 127-116, marking their first division win since the 2007-08 season. Coach J.B. Bickerstaff praised the team's growth and achievements. The Pistons, with a record of 55-21, feature All-Stars Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren, the latter scoring 31 points against the Raptors. Daniss Jenkins, stepping in for the injured Cunningham, has been instrumental, averaging 18.6 points and 6.9 assists. The team aims to build on this success in the playoffs.
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