Unless my counting is wrong, the Lions and the Pistons have won the same amount of games in the last calendar year.
The Lions are 16-4 sine November 20, 2022
Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/schedule/_/name/det/season/2022
The Pistons have won 16 games since November 20, 2022
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/det/season/2023
The Pistons have a chance to break this record against the Denver Nuggets tonight
Wtf? How have the Lions played 20 games in one year? is this including preseason?
Nah you’re completely right. The lions are 8-2 this year. From Nov 20 to the end of last season they were 6-2. That would be 14-4. If you include preseason they get up to 16 wins but then the record would be 16-5, so OP is just wrong