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It’s a battle of Central Division teams at opposite ends of the standings as they collide in Cream City. The Detroit Pistons are on the road as they make the short trip to take on the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday evening. Detroit was in action Friday night as they closed a home-and-home set with the 76ers in the City of Brotherly Love. The Pistons were downed 129-111 at home by the 76ers in the front half of that set Wednesday night, failing to cover the line as a 12-point underdog. Milwaukee dropped Indiana 140-126 at home in their previous game Wednesday night, covering the line as a 6.5-point favorite. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Bucks own a 147-113 advantage and have taken the last six meetings, including a 120-118 home win in the first meeting this season on November 8.
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Detroit entered Friday night on a miserable 21-game losing streak as they were hammered by the 76ers Wednesday night in the front half of their home-and-home series. The Pistons dropped to 2-22 on the season and stood last in the Central Division, 15 games behind the Bucks for the top spot in the division. Detroit is 1-4 in the second game of back-to-back situations this season with a -2.8-ppg scoring differential (111.6 ppg for, 114.4 ppg against) entering this game. The Pistons went into Friday 1-10 on the road with a -11-ppg scoring margin (108.7 ppg for, 119.7 ppg against) on the year. Detroit was 2-13 with a -9-ppg scoring differential (109.5 ppg for, 118.5 ppg against) against Eastern Conference teams entering Friday.
On the year, the Pistons are 28th in the league in scoring offense as they average 108.8 points a game. Detroit is 17th in rebounding with an average of 44 boards per contest and 15th in assists by dishing out 26 dimes a night. The Pistons are 23rd in the league in scoring defense as they give up an average of 119.2 points per contest. Cade Cunningham leads the way offensively for the Pistons with 22 points plus 7.3 assists per game. Bojan Bogdanovic (20.6 points), Jalen Duren (12.6 points, 10.9 rebounds), Alec Burks (10.2 points), Isaiah Stewart (10.5 points, seven boards) and Marvin Bagley III (9.8 points, 4.8 rebounds) have been decent secondary options. Jaden Ivey (11.3 points), Killian Hayes, Ausar Thompson (10.5 points), Marcus Sasser and Joe Harris are looked at to be contributors for coach Monty Williams. Detroit is 22nd in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 46.3% from the floor as a team. The Pistons are 29th in the league in threes per game as they hit 10.2 triples per contest while they are 29th in three-point percentage as they connect on 33.8% of their a ttempts from beyond the arc.
Monte Morris (quad) remains out and is expected to be out until sometime in January. Duren (ankle) is projected to be out until late December while Bagley III (back) missed Friday’s game. Watch for any updates on his status leading into this game.