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
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