The Detroit Pistons (5-15) travel to meet the Denver Nuggets (12-8) at Ball Arena Monday for a 9 p.m. ET tip-off. Below, we analyze the Pistons-Nuggets NBA odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Pistons at Nuggets: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 9:15 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Pistons +340 (bet $100 to win $340) | Nuggets -450 (bet $450 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Pistons +9.5 (-110) | Nuggets -9.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 220.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Pistons at Nuggets: Key injuries
Pistons
- PG Killian Hayes (hip) out
Nuggets
- SG P.J. Dozier (hamstring) questionable
- SG Gary Harris (quadriceps) questionable
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Pistons at Nuggets: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Nuggets 123, Pistons 106
Money line (ML)
The Nuggets (-450) will cost you way too much money. There is no way to justify risking four and a half times your potential return on most standalone money line wagers. It’s just not a successful long-term strategy.
AVOID.
Against the spread (ATS)
The NUGGETS -9.5 (-110) played Sunday, so I am a little worried about fatigue, but they should be able to dump the Pistons by double digits. Denver enters on a 6-1 ATS run across its past seven games.
Detroit is horrible and should offer very little resistance in the middle trying to slow Nuggets C Nikola Jokic. “The Joker” leads the team in points (26.8), rebounds (11.8), assists (8.6), field-goal percentage (57.4) and steals (1.8). Pistons C Mason Plumlee is going to stop him? Please. It’s going to be ugly.
Over/Under (O/U)
The OVER 220.5 (-110) is the way to go in this Mile High City clash. The Nuggets are a high-octane offense with 116.6 points per game, ranking fourth, while allowing 111.7 PPG to rank 19th. The Over has connected in six of the past seven games for the Nuggets. While the Pistons struggle to put up points (108.4 PPG), they’re terrible on defense with 112.7 PPG allowed, ranking 20th. Denver is going to roll up a ton of points here.
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