Pistons Face Raptors to Kick off ESPN NBA Coverage

Dirty March 7, 2018

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Pistons Look for Answers as they Face Raptors

The Eastern Conference leading Toronto Raptors battle the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday night. The game will kick-off ESPN’s Wednesday night coverage. Tip-off is set for 8 pm EST.

Oddsmakers opened the Raptors as -5-point favorites versus the Pistons, while the game’s total opened at 215. The line has held steady, but the total has dropped to 212.5.

Blake Griffin was supposed to lead the Detroit Pistons to the promised land. The blockbuster trade they made with the Los Angeles Clippershas failed to turn their season around. They have lost nine of their last 11 games. The team just got swept on a three-game road trip.

Detroit was a 112-90 loser in its last match on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers. They failed to cover the +6-point spread as underdogs, while the total score of 202 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

Detroit fell apart in the second half at Cleveland on Monday. It resulted in a 112-90 loss. The Cavs outscored the Pistons 58-41 after halftime. Cleveland had such a big lead that their starters sat in the fourth quarter.

The Pistons shot 39.1 percent from the field and got outrebounded 53-40.

Pistons Can’t Put Full Game Together

They also lost over the weekend to pitiful Orlando in overtime. Then the Pistons came up empty in the late going to Miami. The Heat and Milwaukee now hold the last two playoff spots. Detroit is 5-games down at the moment.

Griffin has broken out of a bad shooting slump. He has averaged 28 points and 5.5 assists over the past two games. HIs teammates have not been too much help. Andre Drummond and Reggie Bullock are the only other players who have reached double figures in those losses.

Toronto stretched its winning streak to five games Tuesday by pulling away from Atlanta 106-90. Toronto has won 12 of its last 13 games. They haven’t lost more than two straight all season.

The Raptors pummeled the Pistons last week in Toronto, 123-94. They shot 52.4 percent and made 17 threes while outscoring Detroit in every quarter.

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Toronto	46-17	36-27	111.84	103.11	8.73	18-14	18-13	31-31-1	14-17-1	17-14
Detroit	29-35	27-35-2	102.89	104.14	-1.25	13-19-1	14-16-1	27-35-2	15-18	12-17-2

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
TOR	23.65	12.67	1.87
DET	22.55	13.08	1.72

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
TOR	9.63	33.83	43.46
DET	10.31	32.83	43.14

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
TOR	47.02	44.56	2.46
DET	44.78	46.28	-1.5

Toronto Raptors

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	46-17	27-5	19-12	36-27	18-14	18-13	111.84	103.11	8.73
Last 10	9-1	5-1	4-0	7-3	3-3	4-0	114.30	100.40	13.90
vs Div	8-3	6-0	2-3	7-4	6-0	1-4	110.36	97.45	12.91
vs EAST	30-8	19-3	11-5	23-15	13-9	10-6	113.34	101.84	11.50
vs WEST	16-9	8-2	8-7	13-12	5-5	8-7	109.56	105.04	4.52

Detroit Pistons

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	29-35	20-13	9-22	27-35-2	13-19-1	14-16-1	102.89	104.14	-1.25
Last 10	2-8	2-2	0-6	1-9	1-3	0-6	101.40	110.00	-8.60
vs Div	6-7	5-1	1-6	7-5-1	5-1	2-4-1	103.62	103.15	0.47
vs EAST	18-25	13-7	5-18	15-27-1	7-13	8-14-1	102.98	105.00	-2.02
vs WEST	11-10	7-6	4-4	12-8-1	6-6-1	6-2	102.71	102.38	0.33

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	111.84	4	104.14	9
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	110.90	3	102.45	6
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	41.71	22	42.70	17
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	102.89	24	103.11	6
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	105.03	21	105.39	9
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	44.79	10	43.42	11

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Toronto	7-3	4-5-1	5-4-1	104.00	49.10	43.91	41.80	80/253	7.50
Detroit	3-7	5-4-1	5-4-1	97.30	51.20	47.53	42.90	90/238	6.80

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Feb 26, 2018	DET	94	TOR	123	-10	TOR	217	P	TOR	TOR	TOR	53	59	38.3	52.5	42	47	7/22	17/38	11	10
Jan 17, 2018	DET	91	TOR	96	-8.5	DET	212.5	U	TOR	TOR	TOR	51	54	42	42.5	42	49	10/28	11/31	14	6
Apr 5, 2017	TOR	105	DET	102	3	Push	201.5	O	DET	DET	TOR	46	56	47.1	52.5	35	45	10/30	7/21	8	5
Mar 17, 2017	TOR	87	DET	75	-3.5	TOR	201	U	TOR	TOR	TOR	40	38	38.5	34.9	53	49	9/27	3/20	5	5
Feb 12, 2017	DET	102	TOR	101	-7	DET	213	U	TOR	DET	Push	45	51	42.9	50.7	41	38	8/31	8/16	8	4
Oct 26, 2016	DET	91	TOR	109	-6.5	TOR	196.5	O	TOR	TOR	DET	46	58	41.7	47.7	40	51	4/22	3/18	8	8
Feb 28, 2016	TOR	101	DET	114	-1.5	DET	199	O	DET	DET	DET	52	52	48.8	57.7	32	38	10/21	12/23	5	2
Feb 8, 2016	TOR	103	DET	89	2	TOR	206	U	TOR	DET	TOR	49	43	55.7	45	36	39	11/20	8/28	11	7
Jan 30, 2016	DET	107	TOR	111	-7.5	DET	204.5	O	TOR	TOR	DET	47	55	44.3	46.2	40	45	9/29	4/14	10	9
Mar 24, 2015	TOR	104	DET	108	4	DET	204.5	O	TOR	TOR	DET	48	60	46.7	43	43	42	7/23	12/29	2	5

Toronto Raptors
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games
Toronto is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto’s last 12 games on the road
Toronto is 4-7-1 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Detroit
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit
Toronto is 7-2-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Toronto is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit

Detroit Pistons
Detroit is 1-11 ATS in its last 12 games
Detroit is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit’s last 9 games
Detroit is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Detroit is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit’s last 5 games at home
Detroit is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
Detroit is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
Detroit is 2-7-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Toronto
Detroit is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 7 games when playing at home against Toronto

Toronto Raptors

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 6, 2018	ATL	106-90	W	-12.5	217	W/U	38.64	84.85	10	H
Mar 4, 2018	CHR	103-98	W	-8.5	218	L/U	42.17	77.78	12	H
Mar 2, 2018	WAS	102-95	W	-3.5	216.5	W/U	46.15	62.50	10	A
Feb 28, 2018	ORL	117-104	W	-9	222	W/U	54.22	62.50	12	A
Feb 26, 2018	DET	123-94	W	-10	217	W/P	52.50	95.65	17	H

Detroit Pistons

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 5, 2018	CLE	90-112	L	6	220.5	L/U	39.08	66.67	12	A
Mar 3, 2018	MIA	96-105	L	5	203.5	L/U	41.57	71.43	7	A
Mar 2, 2018	ORL	106-115	L	-2.5	213.5	L/O	43.48	58.33	12	A
Feb 28, 2018	MIL	110-87	W	-1	210	W/U	44.21	77.27	9	H
Feb 26, 2018	TOR	94-123	L	10	217	L/P	38.30	75.00	7	A