Detroit Pistons versus Cleveland Cavaliers Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 12-3-2012
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The 4-13 Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to play the 5-13 Detroit Pistons in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip time from Detroit is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The current NBA odds in this game has the home team Detroit Pistons favored by -5 points with an over under line of 191 ½ points. There has been no movement in the side or total since the odds came out in this game.
During the lockout season last year the clubs met four times with each team winning twice with a win home and away. Trend: Detroit Pistons are 3-0 ATS in their past three meetings with the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers travels to Detroit losers of five of their past six games. Cleveland is 2-9 on the highway this season. They fall on Saturday at home to Portland 118-117 as a -1 1/2 point favorite. Cleveland is amongst the worst defensive teams in the league as they allow 102 points a game ranking 28th in the league and are last in the field in defensive field goal percentage allowing 49% shooting. The team suffered a major blow in mid-November as Kyrie Irving was sidelined with a broke index figure and won’t return until last December at the soonest.
The Pistons have won four straight home games against the likes of Boston and Portland during this streak. They went 0-2 in their recently concluded two game road trip against Memphis and Dallas. On Saturday they drop the 92-77 road decision at Dallas as a -8 point betting favorite. Detroit has trouble scoring consistently this season with 93 points per game average. Center Greg Monroe leads the team with 16 points a night.
The current NBA odds in this game has the home team Detroit Pistons favored by -5 points with an over under line of 191 ½ points. There has been no movement in the side or total since the odds came out in this game.
During the lockout season last year the clubs met four times with each team winning twice with a win home and away. Trend: Detroit Pistons are 3-0 ATS in their past three meetings with the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavaliers travels to Detroit losers of five of their past six games. Cleveland is 2-9 on the highway this season. They fall on Saturday at home to Portland 118-117 as a -1 1/2 point favorite. Cleveland is amongst the worst defensive teams in the league as they allow 102 points a game ranking 28th in the league and are last in the field in defensive field goal percentage allowing 49% shooting. The team suffered a major blow in mid-November as Kyrie Irving was sidelined with a broke index figure and won’t return until last December at the soonest.
The Pistons have won four straight home games against the likes of Boston and Portland during this streak. They went 0-2 in their recently concluded two game road trip against Memphis and Dallas. On Saturday they drop the 92-77 road decision at Dallas as a -8 point betting favorite. Detroit has trouble scoring consistently this season with 93 points per game average. Center Greg Monroe leads the team with 16 points a night.