Oklahoma City Thunder vs Detroit Pistons NBA Betting Preview & Odds
Interconference hoops and we will see the Oklahoma City Thunder travel to the Palace at Auburn Hills to take on the Detroit Piston. Local TV will carry this game, which has a start time of 7:30 pm EST.
Current betting odds for this game have the have the Thunder listed as 3 point favorites, while the total has been set at 215.
Head-To-Head This Year: Oklahoma City won the lone meeting 103-87 as 8 point home favorites.
The Oklahoma City Thunder Continue to roll as they just beat the 2nd best team in the East, the Toronto Raptors, on their home floor by 19. The win was the Thunders 8th in a row and they have outscored their opponents 117.3-100.1 ppg over that stretch. This is a team that is putting it all together down the stretch and they will be a force in the playoffs. Overall the Thunder are 51-22, which includes a mark of 21-13 on the road. Golden State and San Antonio need to worry about this team. OKC is led by Kevin Durant, who averages 28.0 ppg, which is 3rd in the league and he also leads the team in rebounding at 8.3 rpg. Russell Westbrook is having another strong season as he comes in averaging 23.7 ppg, while placing 2nd in the league in assists at 10.4 per game. Serge Ibaka (12.7 ppg) and Enes Kanter (12.4 ppg) round out the double digit scorers on the team. Durant (39.0%) and Kanter (40.0%) are the team’s best long range threats. Oklahoma City comes in ranked 2nd in the league in scoring, putting up 110.4 ppg, while also ranking 3rd in shooting overall, 15th from long range and 6th from the charity stripe. The defensive numbers are pretty average as they come in ranked 14th in points allowed, giving up 102.7 ppg, while also ranking 6th defensive FG% overall and 7th in 3-point defense. On the road the Thunder have averaged 111.6 ppg on 47.8% shooting, while allowing 106.0 ppg on 44.3% shooting.
Trends: The Thunder are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games, but just 2-5 ATS in their last 7 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game and 2-5 ATS the last 7 games in the series. The Over is 5-2 in their last 7 games on Tuesday, while the Under is 17-8 in their last 25 vs the Eastern Conference.
The Detroit Pistons come in off a bad 112-95 loss at home to the Atlanta Hawks, which broke a 5 game win streak they were on. We do note their last two losses were both vs Atlanta. Still, this is a team that is playing well at the moment and they now have a little breathing room between them and Washington and Chicago for the 8th playoff spot in the East as they lead both teams by 2.5 games. They still have plenty of work to do as they have 4 home and 4 road games left on their schedule and 3 of the road games include Chicago, Miami and Cleveland, while three of their home games include this one vs OKC, Washington and Miami. That is not an easy slate of games. The Pistons are led by Reggie Jackson, who averages 18.6 ppg, while Andrew Drummond is 2nd at 16.7 ppg and he leads the league in rebounding at 14.9 rpg. 3rd is Tobias Harris, who has averaged 16.4 ppg in his 20 games since coming over from Orlando. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (14.8 ppg) and Marcus Morris (14.0 ppg) round out the double digit scorers on the team. Overall the Pistons come into this game are ranked 16th in the league in scoring, putting up 102.4 ppg, while also ranking 23rd in shooting overall, 23rd from long range and 30th from the charity stripe. The defensive numbers are decent as they come in ranked 12th in points allowed, giving up just 101.6 ppg, while also ranking 22nd defensive FG% and 17th in 3-point defense. At home the Pistons have averaged 106.1 ppg on 45.4% shooting, while allowing 100.6 ppg on 46.8% shooting.
Trends: The Pistons are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 vs. the Northwest and 29-14-2 ATS in their last 45 home games, but just 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a winning road record and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points,. The Over is 7-2 their last 9 home games, while the Under is 9-4-1 in the last 14 meetings in Detroit.
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