NBA power index on ESPN. The BPI is the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of the season.

With Inside the NBA still being produced by Turner Sports, those fears disappeared immediately after the first show of the 2025–26 season aired on opening night, when everyone saw that the show featuring Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal was the same as it had always been.

Pistons -5.5; over/under is 232.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Pistons host the Orlando Magic in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. The Pistons are 11-3 in conference matchups. Detroit is seventh in the Eastern Conference with 16.

James has scored in double-digits for nearly 1,300 straight games. But there is another streak that's even more remarkable -- and now in danger.