Once Upon A Time in America Betting Show
The (10-29 SU, 18-18-3 ATS) Detroit Pistons will pay a visit to the (18-17 SU, 21-14 ATS) Portland Trail Blazers on Monday for an inter-conference match at Moda Center. Detroit, 5-16 on the road this season, defeated Minnesota 116-104 on Saturday. Portland, 8-6 at home, lost 118-112 at Golden State on Friday. The Pistons and Blazers are meeting for the first time this season and won't face each other again until March 7.
Detroit will be playing without Killian Hayes (9.1 PPG), who is suspended for three games for his role in an altercation with Orlando's Mo Wagner. Portland's Keon Johnson (6.2 PPG) and Jusuf Nurkic (14.8 PPG and 9.9 RPG) are both questionable for Monday's game with illnesses. The Pistons are already without Cade Cunningham and Isaiah Livers, while Portland is missing Gary Payton II, Justise Winslow, and Nassir Little.
Tip-off from Portland, OR, is at 7:00 p.m. PT . The Trail Blazers are 9.5-point spread favorites, and the game total is 226.5 points.
Detroit turned the calendar to 2023 on a high note, defeating the Timberwolves on New Year's Eve. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 28 points in the twelve-point win as Detroit snapped a three-game road losing streak. The Pistons' bench contributed 65 points, led by Marvin Bagley Jr.'s 18-point-10 rebound performance. Seven Detroit players, including five reserves, scored double-digit points to bring the team back from an 18-point first-quarter deficit.
“Our energy was very good in the third quarter, especially from our second unit,” Bogdanovic said. “The second group played great. When we play defense like we played in the second half, then our offense is kind of playing faster and we are moving the ball better.”
Wrapping up 2022 the best way we know how??
??Bojan Bogdanovic: 28 PTS / 6 REB / 5 AST /10 -14 FG
??@MB3FIVE: 18 PTS / 10 REB / 2 BLK
??@AlecBurks10: 13 PTS / 7 REB / 1 BLK
??@SaddiqBey: 13 PTS / 4 REB pic.twitter.com/xASEQeyFRQ— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) January 1, 2023
This season, Detroit is scoring 111.7 points on 45.0 percent shooting, including 35.3 percent from distance. Its' offensive rating is 23rd in the NBA, and its effective field goal percentage (51.7%) is fourth-worst, per Dunks and Threes. Bogdanovic leads the team in scoring at 20.8 points per game on 48.1 percent shooting. Detroit's assist-per-turnover ratio (1.52) is 27th.
The Pistons surrender 118.5 points, and their opponents shoot 48.7 percent from the field, including 35.6 percent from long range. Detroit's defensive rating is 29th, and its opponents have the fifth-highest effective field goal percentage (55.5%).
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