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Play Philadelphia minus the points in the 1st half versus Detroit. The 76er’s look to bounce back tonight after their bad game against the Celtics. They will also have double revenge in this game as the Pistons have blown them out in their last 2 meetings. Detroit is only 2 – 10 on the road this year with a point differential of – 9 per game. Prior to the last 2 games Philly had won the previous 3 games all by 20 plus points. Personally I will be chasing the 2nd half if it loses.
NBA - 701 Detroit Pistons @ 702 Philadelphia 76ers
Projected Line: 190 points
This is a revenge game for Philadelphia, as they got crushed at home against the Pistons one month ago. In that game, Evan Turner shot 1-6 FG, Jrue Holiday 4-13 FG and Jason Richardson 3-12 FG on a combined effort of 8-31 (25.8%) FG! With them coming fired up for this game, I expect these three players to have a big game tonight.
Detroit is coming from a game at Cleveland, where they allowed 97 points to the struggling Cavaliers. Jeremy Pargo shot 10-18 FG, while Cleveland shot 6-11 FG on pick and roll ball handler plays and 7-12 FG on cuts. This shows that the Pistons didn't defend well Cleveland's guards, while they also didn't have a good team help defense.
Philadelphia is a top team in avoiding their opponents to shoot from down low, but when they allow it, they are a poor interior defensive team with 64% FG allowed this season at the rim and 70% FG allowed over the last 10 games. Not only the Pistons have a good frontcourt player in Greg Monroe, as Brandon Knight and Rodney Stuckey are penetrating well to the basket lately, so I expect Detroit to have a good offensive game in here.
I expect both teams to have a good offensive game tonight, turning this game into a high scoring contest. Therefore, I'll be taking the Over in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 701/702 Over 186 @ -110 / 1.91
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