Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 12 (12/12): NBA

Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, Pick and Preview, December 12 (12/12): NBA

 

Odds

Time 7:30 p.m. EST
Pistons money line -180
Pistons spread -4.5 (-110)
Lakers money line +155
Lakers spread +4.5 (-110)
Over / under 224

 

2022-2023 season stats

  Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers
Record 15-9 10-12
Home / road record 10-1 4-6
Streak L1 W3
Points per game 112.00 114.00
Points allowed per game 105.00 114.00
Rebounds per game 43.00 45.00
Rebounds allowed per game 39.00 46.00
Over / under record 10-14 12-10
 

Preview

The Detroit Pistons return home to host the Los Angeles Lakers at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Tuesday night. These teams already faced each other last month in L.A. where the Cavs took the win 114-100.  

 

Detroit Pistons

The Pistons get here with a 6-19 record and are 2-11 on the road ranking 5th in the Central division. In their last game at home, they lost 122-112 against the Grizzlies. Saddiq Bey led Detroit with 20 points and Bojan Bogdanovic had 18.

Killian Hayes is averaging 7.1 points and 4.4 assists for the Pistons. Bojan Bogdanovic is averaging 19.6 points over the last 10 games for Detroit.

In their last 10 games, the Pistons are 3-7, averaging 112.3 points, 43.5 rebounds, 24.6 assists, 8.0 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.8 points per game.

Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers have won 5 of their last 6 games and are 4-6 on the road so far this season ranking 5th in the Pacific. In their last game they beat the Wizards 130-119 on the road. Davis scored 55 points on sizzling 22-of-30 shooting and added 17 rebounds. LeBron James had 29 points for the Lakers.

Anthony Davis leads the team scoring 28.6 points per game and 12.8 rebounds while Russell Westbrook is leading in assists with 7.7 per game.

In their last 10 games the Lakers are 8-2, averaging 122.7 points, 41.2 rebounds, 25.5 assists, 5.7 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.7 points.

 

BETTING TRENDS

LA Lakers are 8-4 ATS in their last 12 games against Detroit.

LA Lakers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against Detroit.

LA Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games on the road.

The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Lakers' last 8 games when playing on the road against Detroit..

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games.

Detroit are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games.

The total has gone OVER in 13 of Detroit's last 18 games against LA Lakers.

Detroit are 6-0 SU in their last 6 games at home.

 

Prediction

The Pistons have been pretty good this season and have been one of the best records at home with an 10-1 record but they have been struggling offensively in their last games averaging only 98.2 points last 5. On the other hand, the Lakers are whole different team now and are on fire offensively scoring over 120 points in their last 10 games. The Cavs beat the Lakers last month in L.A. but the Lakers are playing very different now and with the Cavs recent struggles to score I think the Lakers can win this game or at least keep it close to cover the spread.

PICK: Lakers +4.5 (-110)

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