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2022 NBA Handicapping
(20-55) Detroit Pistons vs. Brooklyn Nets (39-36)
Date: Tuesday, March 29th
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Venue: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
NBA Moneyline Odds: Pistons +840 | Celtics -910 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Nets -13.5
NBA Betting Total: 229.5
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022, the Detroit Pistons and Brooklyn Nets meet for the fourth and final time this season. Brooklyn will be seeking a season sweep having won all three prior meetings.
Both teams played on Sunday with the Pistons losing a 102-104 nailbiter to the Knicks while the Nets completed a back-to-back set losing 110-119 to the Hornets.
Detroit Pistons
If you’re wondering why many of the tanking teams end up much more competitive at season end there is a simple explanation. By this point they’ve amassed enough losses to secure their spot in the Draft Lottery.
They also have nothing to lose – they don’t NEED to win a game in order to secure their playoff seed or move up. That allows for freedom in the players’ games with them able to fire away without any pressure.
Case in point, they trailed the Knicks by 21 points and battled back to make it a two-point finish with Cade Cunningham getting stripped of the ball on the last offensive set.
Cory Joseph was one point shy of having all five starters reach double-figures led by Marvin Bagley III with 27 points. Cunningham (18), Saddiq Bey (14), and Isaiah Stewart (10) were the other double-figure scorers.
Isaiah Livers (concussion) was downgraded to out Tuesday. Jerami Grant (calf), Chris Smith (knee) and Hamidou Diallo (finger) are done for the season.
Brooklyn Nets
After a solid victory versus the Heat on the front side of the back-to-back most assumed the Nets would be ready to go Sunday having not overtaxed their core and with Kyrie Irving making his season debut at Barclays the audience support to fuel excitement .
With the Hornets in town, it was also an important game for seeding purposes but the loss dropped Brooklyn to ninth and gave Charlotte the season tiebreaker.
Although the Nets have the easiest strength of schedule remaining they need to move up to eighth at at minimum.
If the season ended today the Nets would host the Hawks in a must-win elimination game and then would play the loser of the Cavaliers – Hornets match.
Granted, the East is so closely jumbled the Nets could still rise up to the sixth seed although with each game it becomes more unlikely, but they definitely will want to be no lower than eighth as the winner of the seven-eight seeded game automatically becomes the seventh seed.
Irving’s weekend wasn’t the best as he scored only 11 points in Miami albeit the team ousted the Heat so he wasn’t needed as much. On Sunday, the emotion of playing got the better of him as he shot 6 of 22 from the field and 1 of 9 from deep versus a mediocre Hornets defense.
Andre Drummond (back) is questionable for Tuesday. Ben Simmons (back/conditioning) is out indefinitely. Joe Harris (ankle) is done for the season.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Detroit is 14-2-2 ATS in their last 18 games.
- Brooklyn is 7-3 SU in their last 10 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Detroit’s last 13 games.
- Brooklyn is 4-16 ATS in their last 20 games at home.
- Detroit is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games against Brooklyn.
- Brooklyn is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit.
Free Detroit Pistons vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA Prediction:
Brooklyn has easily handled the Pistons this season but they’ve been happy to play the role of spoiler and have loss padding so can afford to gun for wins.
Their length could be a real issue for the Nets and Irving in particular. But by the same token, the Pistons aren’t necessarily invested in gunning for wins because — they have nothing to play for.
Therefore, this is likely the game where Irving now settled puts up some big numbers for his hometown crowd. Having said all that, the Nets haven’t proven they are reliably consistent – I’ll give them the game and close to double-digit edge but the 13.5 spread is just too rich.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Pistons +13.5
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