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(19-16) Charlotte Hornets vs. Detroit Pistons (16-21)
Date: Thursday January 5
Time: 7:30PM EST
Venue: The Palace at Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan
NBA Moneyline Odds: Off
NBA Betting Odds: Detroit -4.5
NBA Betting Total: 204.5
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The Hornets won 5 of 6 before dropping 2 straight prior to their game Wednesday against the Thunder and will be in Detroit on Thursday for the second night of a back-to-back.
The Pistons are losers of 8 of their last 10 and will hope to bounce back after a close home loss to Indiana on Tuesday night.
Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets – centered around Kemba Walker – have begun to assert themselves a bit in the Eastern Conference.
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They should welcome Marco Belinelli back who was expected to play Wednesday against the Thunder after missing the previous 6 games.
Belinelli has provided a great spark off the bench for the Hornets this season so his presence in their second unit will definitely be helpful.
As good as Walker has been this season, the Charlotte bench has been a big reason for their success.
The Charlotte bench averages the 8th most bench points per game in the NBA which should be a nice advantage for them against a Detroit team whose bench ranks 27th in points per game.
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Charlotte’s bench also ranks 13th in defensive efficiency while Detroit ranks 21st.
Over the course the long NBA season, bench play is crucial in picking up wins – particularly on the 2nd night of back-to-backs.
Walker and Nicolas Batum should hold the advantage in the backcourt against Detroit which paired with the bench advantage should be able to make up for advantages Detroit may hold in the frontcourt – led by Andre Drummond.
Detroit Pistons
While the Pistons’ bench struggles are highlighted above, the overall offensive production from the whole team has been poor – leading to Detroit’s poor record.
The Pistons are 25th in the league in scoring and also 25th in the league in 3 point percentage.
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The growth in 3 point production across the NBA is leaving teams like Detroit back in the dust. Drummond is the face of the Pistons but his offensive production is limited to mostly some low post work and offensive putbacks.
Only Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is averaging more than 2 three point makes per game and only 3 others (Tobias Harris, Reggie Jackson, and Marcus Morris) are even averaging more than 1 three point make per game.
The 3 point struggles of the Pistons could be highlighted even further against the 10th ranked 3 point defense in Charlotte.
While Drummond is one of the more dominant rebounders in all of the NBA, he isn’t getting a ton of help. Despite him ranking 2nd in the NBA in rebounds, the Pistons are only 14th in the NBA in rebounds per game.
That also could be problematic against a Charlotte group that ranks 4th in the league in rebounds per game.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Under is 13-7 in Detroit’s last 20 games following a SU loss
- Detroit is cashing on the under 57% of the time – 4th most in the NBA
- Charlotte is 8th in the NBA in bench scoring
- Detroit is 27th in the NBA in bench scoring
- Detroit is 25th in the NBA in overall scoring
- Charlotte is 11th in the NBA in scoring defense
Free Charlotte Hornets vs. Detroit Pistons NBA Prediction:
The only advantage that Detroit may have is catching Charlotte on the 2nd night of a back-to-back. Charlotte is 3-4 SU (2-5 ATS in such games).
But, Charlotte carries a lot of depth and what appear to be advantages in both the front and backcourt.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Charlotte +4.5
Unless Charlotte plays some crazy multi-OT game against OKC on Wednesday night, I like Charlotte to come into Detroit and pick up a victory.
NBA Free Score Prediction: Charlotte 96 – Detroit 93
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