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This Thursday, March 16, we will have a short day of only five games in the NBA. The first game to be played will be this Nuggets vs Pistons clash, where the first team of the Western Conference and the last of the Eastern Conference will have to face each other.
Many would think this could be one of the most lopsided games in the league, however, a 110-108 win by the Pistons in their first matchup of the season against the Nuggets suggests otherwise.
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Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Denver Nuggets vs Detroit Pistons NBA Regular Season Game on March 16, 2023
- Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan.
- When: Thursday, March 16, 2023, 7:00 PM E.T.
Betting on the Denver Nuggets
- Regular Season Record: 46-23
The Nuggets continue going through a worrisome rough patch. In fact, they come into this game after recording a fourth loss in a row last Tuesday, losing against the Toronto Raptors by a score of 110-125.In this game, the team was never able to impose its rhythm of play and Nikola Jokic was the top scorer with 28 goals.
Although the Nuggets are still at the top of the Western Conference with a 4.5-game gap over their closest rival, the Memphis Grizzlies, the team coached by Michael Malone needs to recover as quickly as possible, and win a game. Still, playing away from home, the team has a 16-17 record, indicating it has not done too well in that condition.
The defensive struggles of the team, which has allowed an average of 116.3 points allowed per game, has made playing away a difficult task. Indeed, those numbers contrasts sharply with the 110.1 points against the team averages at home.
Betting on the Detroit Pistons
- Regular Season Record: 15-53
The Pistons’ season still hasn’t improved, and it doesn’t look like it will now. The team is at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and it owns the worst record in the NBA. The Pistons also do not enter this game while going through a good moment. In fact, the team has won just one of their last 13 games played.
The Pistons’ problems this season have come on both sides of the court, as they are third worst in the league offensively, with 111.2 points scored, and the second weakest team defensively, with an average of 118.6 points allowed per game..
Playing at home does not pose as a guarantee to the team from Detroit,considering that it records 9 wins and 27 losses at the Little Caesars Arena so far this campaign, and that it has also lost its last two meetings with the Nuggets at that venue.
JefeBet Prediction
The performance level shown by the Nuggets recently is disconcerting. However, they know they have a good chance to redeem themselves by facing a Pistons team that not only has the worst record in the league, but that it is also among the weakest teams on defense and offense.
Meanwhile, the Pistons have many injured players for this game, one of them being their main offensive weapon, Bojan Bogdanovic, which means they will suffer a lot to be able to hurt the Nuggets who know how to do things well on defense when they put their minds to it.
Despite the bad moment the team is going through, the Nuggets still have the caliber to defeat a team like the Pistons, so we expect them to play their best game here and take a comfortable victory.
Prediction: Denver Nuggets Spread (DEN 117-103 DET).
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