The Detroit Pistons and New Orleans Pelicans will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 14.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:00 UK;
Venue – Little Caesars Arena (20.332);
City – Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+7) for Pistons – 1.704.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 232 – 1.812.
The Detroit Pistons have looked good in recent home games. Casey’s men have two wins, so they can put up a good fight against the Pelicans. The latter, by the way, do not have an optimal lineup.
The Pistons have scored at least 121 points in 3 of their last 4 home games. This is a very fast team with a weak defence. It’s likely that Dwayne Casey’s team will play their favourite game.
The Detroit Pistons win and move up the table. They dropped from last place in their conference to 14th place with 12 wins and 33 losses. The Hornets have dropped lower.
So, there was a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves (135-118). The game took place in Detroit at the Little Caesars Arena. Saddiq Bey was effective for the Pistons. He scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.
With this win, the Pistons broke their three-game losing streak. Before that, they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers (116:147 and 111:123) and San Antonio Spurs (109:122).
The Pistons are conceding 119.7 points at home.
The Pistons have scored at least 111 points in their last ten games, even taking into account personnel issues.
The New Orleans Pelicans lost again. This was their third defeat in the last five meetings. This time, the Pelicans lost to the Boston Celtics (114-125). There were also two losses to the Dallas Mavericks (117-127) and Brooklyn Nets (102-108).
However, there were also two wins. The New Orleans Pelicans managed to beat the Washington Wizards (132-112) and Houston Rockets (119-108).
The Pelicans had 25 wins and 17 losses in the regular season.
The Pelicans are a top-1 team in terms of offensive rating in the away games (117.8).
The Pelicans have conceded at least 112 points in 15 of 20 away meetings.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Detroit Pistons: Killian Hayes – Jaden Ivey – Hamidou Diallo – Saddiq Bey – Nerlens Noel.
New Orleans Pelicans: CJ McCollum – Dyson Daniels – Trey Murphy III – Naji Marshall – Jonas Valančiūnas.
Cade Cunningham (Out), Buddy Boeheim (Out), Marvin Bagley III (Out), Jalen Duren (Out) and Isaiah Stewart (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Detroit Pistons.
E.J. Liddell (Out), Zion Williamson (Out), Herbert Jones (Day-to-day) and Brandon Ingram (Out) are listed as injured for the New Orleans Pelicans.
The fixture will be played at Little Caesars Arena (20.332) in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 14th of January, 2023, at 00:00 UK Time.
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