Saturday NBA Free Pick
(The Spread) – A pair of teams in the Indiana Pacers and host Detroit Pistons will lock horns Saturday night after both lost to last-place clubs the night before.
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Oddsmakers from online sports book SBGGLOBAL.com have put the Pistons as 1-point favorites in the contest, while the over-under resides at 204. Detroit is coming off a 97-91 loss at Cleveland, while Indiana was embarrassed 110-93 on its home court by Sacramento.
Detroit begins play 25-47 overall and 18-18 at home, while the Pacers have a record of 32-41 and are 13-25 in road games. According to latest NBA trends, Indiana is 33-36 against the spread this season and Detroit comes in 39-32 ATS.
Detroit is 3-7 in its last 10 games and Indiana is an even 5-5 in its last 10. Rodney Stuckey paces the Pistons at 14.8 ppg, while Indiana’s Danny Granger scores 20.7 per game.
Indiana Pacers vs. Detroit Pistons, 7:30PM EST (View Matchup)
NBA Free Pick: For me, it comes down to this. Detroit is an average home team that is capable of beating the lesser teams in the league and occasionally competing to the end with the elite such as it did against Miami earlier this week. While the Pistons have struggled all season on the road as it did Friday night at Cleveland, they somehow find the necessary energy to play .500 ball at home. Meanwhile, the Pacers are a lousy road team and losing in the fashion it did at home against Sacramento Friday is not a good sign. Only having to give one point for Detroit has me sold. I’m taking the Pistons at -1.
FRIDAY NBA FREE PICK: DETROIT PISTONS -1
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