Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons Free NBA Pick - Betting Odds

Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons Free NBA Pick - Betting Odds

Cliff Knox
Date: April 5, 7:30 pm
Location: The Palace of Auburn Hills
TV: ESPN

Betting Odds

Point Spread: Detroit -1
Total: 198

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The Raptors are coming off a 108-90 road loss to the Indiana Pacers in their last game where DeMar DeRozan was the high scorer for Toronto going for 27 points on 9/21 shooting. Paul George had a big game to lead the Pacers with 35 points and 10 rebounds hitting five of his 10 3-pointers. The Raptors had won two in a row previous to the Pacers game where they failed to cover the spread. They have not covered in three of their last four games, including their last two, and they have an ATS record of 42-35-1 on the season. The total had gone over in four straight games for Toronto, but went under in the Indiana game to bring their O/U record for the season to 42-36
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In their last game the Pistons were on the road and lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 108-105 in OT. Tobias Harris came off the bench to be the high scorer for Detroit going for 23 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo was the high scorer for the Bucks with 28 points and came one assist shy of a triple-double. The Pistons only have two wins in their last 11 games, but they have covered the spread in two of their last three games to bring their ATS record on the season to 36-41. The total for the Bucks game went over while the previous four games for Detroit went under and they have an O/U record of 34-43 on the season.
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This season the Raptors are 20-18 on the road and on offense they rank 10th in the league in ppg, 12th in 3-pt FG%, and 6th in free throw percentage. On defense they rank 7th in ppg allowed, 14th in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 26th in free-throw percentage allowed.
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The Pistons are 24-15 at home this season and rank 26th in ppg, 29th in 3-pt FG%, and 29th in free throw percentage. On the defensive side of the ball Detroit ranks 6th in ppg allowed, 23rd in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 23rd in free-throw percentage allowed.
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Toronto has won two of three games facing the Pistons and the last time they faced them it was in Detroit on March 17th when they won 87-75, covered the spread as a 3.5-point underdog, and the total went under.
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Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons Betting Trends
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The Raptors are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a straight up loss.
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The Pistons are 12-5 ATS in their last 17 home games.
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The Pistons are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games overall.
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The Raptors are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games against the Pistons in Detroit.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NBA matchup between Toronto and Detroit have the public leaning to the visiting Raptors getting the point with 76%. The over/under bettors are banking on this game going over the posted total line of 198 with 66% on board.
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Toronto Raptors at Detroit Pistons Prediction

The Raptors won their last visit to Detroit knocking off the Pistons 87-75. They played that game without star guard Kyle Lowry, so his absence tonight should be of any concern. Toronto is playing on back to back nights something they haven’t done a lot in recent months, but they have had success in this role going 4-2 on the backend of their last six in that role. Detroit is just 1-6 in their last seven games overall.

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