The Detroit Pistons (11-34) play the final game of their four-game road trip Sunday against the Denver Nuggets (23-21), who is wrapping up a six-game homestand. Tip-off is 8 p.m. ET at Ball Arena. Below, we look at the Pistons vs. Nuggets odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.
Six of the Pistons’ 11 wins this season have come in the last 12 games, so they are playing their best basketball of the season recently. They are 1-2 on this road trip. They are coming off a 111-101 loss Friday night to the Utah Jazz.
The Nuggets are 3-2 on their homestand, coming off a 122-118 Friday night loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. C Nikola Jokic is averaging 33.3 points and has a running four-game streak of triple-doubles. They will face Detroit in consecutive games to wrap up the season series.
Pistons at Nuggets odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Pistons +500 (bet $100 to win $500) | Nuggets -750 (bet $750 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Pistons +10.5 (-102) | Nuggets -10.5 (-122)
- Over/Under (O/U): 217.5 (O: -115 | U: -107)
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Pistons at Nuggets key injuries
Pistons
- F Jerami Grant (health and safety protocols) out
- G Killian Hayes (hip) questionable
- G Frank Jackson (return to competition reconditioning) out
- C Kelly Olynyk (health and safety protocols) out
Nuggets
- F JaMychal Green (health and safety protocols) questionable
- C Jeff Green (quadriceps) questionable
- G Jamal Murray (knee) out
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Pistons at Nuggets odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Nuggets 120, Pistons 105
Money line
The Pistons are an atrocious 4-20 on the road this season. The Nuggets are not great at home at 12-9, but they don’t make a good bet because of the line. It isn’t worth having to wager more than seven times what you can win.
PASS on the money line.
Against the spread
The Pistons are 22-23 ATS on the season overall and are 5-4 ATS in their last nine games. with double-digit spreads like tonight’s, they are 3-6 ATS in their last nine such games.
The Nuggets are 18-26 ATS overall with only three teams with worse ATS records. They are 9-12 ATS at home. They have only covered one double-digit spread as favorites all season. But with how Jokic is playing, the Pistons don’t have someone to stop him. They will win big tonight.
Take the NUGGETS -10.5 (-122).
Over/Under
The Pistons are second-to-last in scoring this season. Even with a 133-point game, they have averaged only 103 points in their last six games. Only three of their last nine games have gone Over the projected total.
The Nuggets’ last five games have hit the Over. They have averaged 124.6 points in their last five.
Take OVER 217.5 (-115).
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