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2021 NBA Handicapping
(11-14) New Orleans Pelicans vs. Detroit Pistons (7-19)
Date: Sunday, February 14th
Time: 7:00PM EST
Venue: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan
NBA Moneyline Odds: -160 | +140
NBA Betting Odds: Pelicans -4
NBA Betting Total: 222.5
The Pelicans will look to start turning around a season that they had a ton of hype coming into when they travel to Detroit, Michigan for this matchup with the Pistons.
New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans have been disappointing as a unit, but Zion Williamson is living up to the hype. The most impressive thing about him is that he not only is putting up the stats offensively, but he is also getting it done on the defensive end of the floor showing how mature he is for his age.
The defensive side of the Pelicans were not exactly on display in their last game, though, with the Pelicans losing a thrilling shootout to the Mavericks by a score of 143-130 where they allowed both Porzingis and Doncic to go nuclear combining for 82 total points.
This Detroit Pistons team is not just going to roll over either, so the Pelicans will need to show up or risk making it 3 losses in a row. There are also not a ton of excuses for them either, as they are a reasonably healthy team not missing any important members of the rotation.
Detroit Pistons
The Pistons, although their season is already essentially finished, should be feeling pretty good about themselves coming into this game with the Pelicans with 2 of their last 3 games ending in wins and against the Celtics and Nets no less.
It did take a little bit of luck for the Pistons to get the upset against the Celtics in that last game with Saddiq Bey coming off of the bench and scoring 30 total points on 7-7 shooting from three. That won’t happen every night, but the Pistons are showing enough to put teams on notice that they cannot just show up in Detroit and pick up an easy W.
The biggest worry I have for this Pistons squad is the continued deterioration of Blake Griffen, as he just does not look like himself and that is especially disappointing given how much responsibility he has within this team with Andre Drummond now gone.
Once again the guy to look out for for this Detroit Pistons team is Jerami Grant who continues to have a breakout season and he should be hyped to go toe to toe with the likes of Zion and Brandon Ingram.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Under is 4-1 in Pelicans last 5 vs. a team with a losing straight up record.
- Under is 6-2 in Pelicans last 8 Sunday games.
- Under is 4-1 in Pistons last 5 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 4-1 in Pistons last 5 Sunday games.
- Under is 5-2 in Pistons last 7 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
Free New Orleans Pelicans vs. Detroit Pistons NBA Prediction:
The Pelicans are coming off of an absolute shootout, but I think the pace of this game is going to get slowed down by the Pistons and I think we are going to settle into a bit of a defensive battle here with this game ending up going under the total. I do not think we are going to have guys like Bey come off the bench for the Pistons to drain a bunch of threes to make a game like this get over the total and in general we do not have a bunch of great shooters on either end.
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