Detroit Pistons (3-12) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (3-10)
November 18, 2022 10:30 pm EDT
The Line: Los Angeles Lakers -6.5; Over/Under: +225
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The Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers collide at the crypto.com Arena on Friday night.
The Detroit Pistons have been in dreadful form as they’ve lost 13 of their first 16 games of the season and they will be hoping to arrest a five-game slide after falling short to the Clippers in a 96-91 road loss last night. Bojan Bogdanovic led the way with 26 points on 10 of 18 shooting, Jaden Ivey added 18 points with five assists while Saddiq Bey chipped in with 11 points, but no other player finished in double figures in scoring. As a team, the Pistons shot just 37 percent from the field and six of 31 from the 3-point line as they squandered an early 12-point lead, before going ice-cold in the second half where they got outscored by 54-41 to come up short in the end. Killian Hayes had a night to forget as he scored just five points on one of eight shooting.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers have been in terrible form as they’ve lost 120 of their first 13 games, but they will be feeling better after putting a halt to a five-game slide with a 116-103 win over the Nets on Sunday. Anthony Davis led the way with 37 points and 18 rebounds, Lonnie Walker added 25 points on nine of 15 shooting while Austin Reaves chipped in with 15 points. As a team, the Lakers shot 48 percent from the field and 11 of 27 from the 3-point line as they rode the hot hand of Davis early and often to lead for most of the game, before they poured in 36 points in the fourth quarter to pull away and earn the much-needed victory.
Looking at the betting trends, the Pistons are 5-2 ATS in their last seven games playing on zero days’ rest, 1-6-1 ATS in their last eight road games and 0-4-1 ATS in their last five Friday games. The Lakers are 3-10 ATS in their last 13 games against a team with a losing record and 1-5 ATS in their last six games overall.
Head to head, the under is 6-2 in the last eight meetings in Los Angeles and the Pistons are 6-0 ATS in the last six meetings overall.
The Pistons will again be missing Isaiah Stewart and Cade Cunningham while the Lakers are keeping an eye on LeBron James who is currently listed as questionable for this one. You really couldn’t back either team with any confidence these days, but the Pistons are playing their second game of a back to back set, while the Lakers will be well-rested as they haven’t played since Sunday. The trends don’t favor the Lakers in this matchup, but Davis had himself a monster game in his last outing and I think the line is just short enough here.
