The Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 22.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 00:00 UK;
Venue – Wells Fargo Center (21.000);
City – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Pistons – 1.872.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 220 – 1.645.
The Philadelphia 76ers are deservedly considered the favourites, but we expect Detroit to resist. In almost every game, Casey’s men try to put up a good fight. Against the Sacramento Kings and Brooklyn Nets, the Pistons did not lose by a wide margin. We think they’ll do their best against the Sixers as well.
The Pistons are unlikely to change their style of play. Casey’s men are too aggressive. They don’t pay much attention to defence. It’s likely to be a high-scoring game against the Sixers.
The Philadelphia 76ers are ranked in the top 5 of the Eastern Conference. In 29 games, the Sixers have won 17 games and lost 12. It’s still a long way to the top three. We’re talking about the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. However, a challenge to fourth-ranked Brooklyn is realistic. The important thing is not to lose.
The club from Pennsylvania is riding a five-match winning streak. After successful games against the Los Angeles Lakers (133-122), Charlotte Hornets (131-131), Sacramento Kings (123-103) and Golden State Warriors (118-106), they won the match against the Toronto Raptors (104-101). Everything came down to overtime. The regular time ended in a 99-99 tie.
Joel Embiid was the team’s best player in the game. Philadelphia centre had a double-double: 28 points and 11 rebounds. Interestingly, the 76ers won all 5 games at home at the Wells Fargo Center.
The Detroit Pistons can’t win yet, especially at home. In three games, they have three losses. The team finished the home series with a minus sign.
The team had games against the Sacramento Kings (113-122), Brooklyn Nets (121-124) and Utah Jazz (111-126).
The last time the Pistons won was on December 15. It was an away win over the Charlotte Hornets (141-134). Everything came down to overtime, though. The regular time ended in a 127-127 tie.
The Detroit Pistons are in last place in the East. The team has eight wins on the season with 25 losses.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Philadelphia 76ers: James Harden – Shake Milton – Tobias Harris – P. J. Tucker – Joel Embiid.
Detroit Pistons: Killian Hayes – Jaden Ivey – Bojan Bogdanović – Isaiah Stewart – Jalen Duren.
Tyrese Maxey (Out) and Furkan Korkmaz (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Cade Cunningham (Out) and Isaiah Livers (Out) are listed as injured for the Detroit Pistons.
The fixture will be played at Wells Fargo Center (21.000) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 22nd of December, 2022, at 00:00 UK Time.
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