The Toronto Raptors (17-22) finish a three-game road trip with a stop in Motor City to face the Detroit Pistons (10-29) Wednesday. Tip-off will be at 7 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Raptors-Pistons odds and lines, with NBA picks and predictions.
This is a rematch of a game which started a five-game losing skid for the Raptors. They lost 129-105 to the Pistons March 3 and are coming off a 118-95 loss to the Chicago Bulls Sunday. Several key starters being sidelined by COVID-19 protocols deserves a large share of the blame as Toronto has slipped to 11th in the Eastern Conference.
The Pistons have dropped four straight games since beating the Raps. Their most recent setback was a 109-99 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on home court Monday. They’ve been held below 100 points in each of their last two games.
Raptors at Pistons: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:40 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Raptors -145 (bet $145 to win $100) | Pistons +120 (bet $100 to win $120)
- Against the spread/ATS: Raptors -2.5 (-115) | Pistons +2.5 (-105)
- Over/Under: 220.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Raptors at Pistons: Key injuries
Raptors
- SF OG Anunoby (health and safety protocols) out
- SG Malachi Flynn (health and safety protocols) questionable
- PF Pascal Siakam (health and safety protocols) questionable
- SG Fred VanVleet (health and safety protocols) doubtful
Pistons
- SG Hamidou Diallo (groin) out
- SG Wayne Ellington (thigh) doubtful
- PG Killian Hayes (hip) out
- PF Jahlil Okafor (knee) out
- PG Dennis Smith Jr. (health and safety protocols) questionable
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Raptors at Pistons: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Pistons 112, Raptors 110
Money line (ML)
The PISTONS (+120) remain underdogs despite embarrassing the Raptors on their 2020-21 home floor of Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., prior to the All-Star break. Toronto showed more spirited efforts against the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks on either end of the break, but was trounced by both the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls over the weekend.
The Pistons, while also severely undermanned, put up good fights in a 3-point loss to the Hornets and a 5-point loss against the Brooklyn Nets.
Back the Pistons for a repeat upset performance with help not guaranteed to be on the way for the Raptors.
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Against the spread (ATS)
The money line pick offers a higher return at plus-money, but the 10-29 PISTONS +2.5 (-105) also need to be backed with 2 points of insurance in the event of a loss.
Toronto is fourth in 3-point attempts per game (40.5) and ninth in percentage (.380) for the season but has upped its attempts to 44.5 per game while the success rate has dropped to .365 over the losing skid.
Those numbers line up well for a Detroit squad holding opponents to just 31.6 3-point attempts per game but ranking 16th in success rate allowed.
Over/Under (O/U)
The head-to-head meeting two weeks ago topped a 211-point line by 23 points. Detroit has since gone 1-3 against the O/U while Toronto is 2-2 against the number in its last four games.
Lightly bet the OVER 220.5 (-110) on a line splitting the difference between the last projection and end result.
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