Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 12/28/2023 Preview and Pick
Game: Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics
Date: Thursday, December 28, 2023
Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA
TV: NBC Sports Boston
The Detroit Pistons (2-28) are traveling to TD Garden on Thursday where they will try to defeat the Boston Celtics (23-6).
The Pistons stepped onto the hardwood against the Nets and took a loss by a final of 118-112 in their last game. Detroit finished with a 44.4% FG percentage (40 out of 90) and converted 9 of their 25 3-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Pistons converted 23 of their 32 shots for a rate of 71.9%. When it comes to grabbing rebounds, they collected 52 with 16 of them being offensive. They also distributed 20 assists for this game while forcing 9 turnovers and having 6 steals. In the matter of the defense, Detroit allowed the other team to shoot 50.0% from the field on 41 out of 82 shooting. Brooklyn doled out 22 assists and had 6 steals for this contest. On top of that, Brooklyn pulled down 42 rebounds (7 offensive, 35 defensive) and had 4 blocked shots. Brooklyn walked away from this one shooting 62.8% at the free throw line by knocking down 27 of 43 shots. They converted 9 out of their 22 attempts from distance. In the matter of fouls, the Pistons finished with 27 while the Nets accumulated 22 fouls.
Cade Cunningham is a guy who was a factor in the game. Cunningham went 71.4% from the field and also totaled 5 dimes. He was on the court for 37 minutes and grabbed 9 boards. He totaled 41 points on 15 of 21 shooting.
Detroit will enter this matchup with a mark of 2-28 for the season. They currently have an average of 109.3 pts per game (28th in the league) while shooting 46.5% from the field. The Pistons are shooting 33.5% from downtown (296 of 884) and 78.8% from the free throw line. As a team, Detroit is collecting 43.3 boards per game and has tallied 761 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 16th in the league in terms of passing the ball. They are giving up possession 16.4 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 23.0 fouls per game.
On the defensive end, the Pistons have forced 12.4 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.6 personal fouls. They are surrendering 37.9% on 3-point attempts and they are ranked 26th in the league in PPG allowed (120.8). The Pistons defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 48.8% (1,304 of 2,670) and they relinquish 43.3 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They currently rank 13th in basketball in allowing assists with 768 surrendered on the year.
The last time they took the hardwood, the Celtics got the victory with a final of 126-115 when they faced the Lakers. In reference to how they cleaned up the glass, Boston permitted Los Angeles to collect 43 in all (13 on the offensive side). They went 40.6% from three-point range by going 13 of 32 and ended up shooting 16 of 21 from the charity stripe (76.2%). The Celtics permitted the Lakers to convert 43 of their 90 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.8% for the matchup. When this game wrapped up, the Celtics finished shooting 46 for 91 from the field which had them shooting 50.5%. In relation to shooting from distance, Boston made 13 out of 42 attempts (31.0%). They were able to make 21 of the free throw tries for a rate of 75.0%. The Lakers earned 19 fouls for the game which got the Celtics to the charity stripe for 28 shots. They turned the ball over 8 times, while recording 8 steals for the matchup. The Celtics earned 33 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards totaling 44 for the game.
Kristaps Porzingis ended up being important for the Celtics in this game. Porzingis totaled 28 points in his 35 mins of playing time and had 2 dimes in this game. He made 11 out of 19 for the matchup for a rate of 57.9%, and tallied 11 rebounds.
Boston has a record of 23-6 on the year. The Celtics have committed 17.6 fouls every game while shooting 80.3% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 25.7 times per contest (20th in the league) and they are giving up possession 13.1 times per game. Boston has scored 3,482 pts on the season (120.1 per contest) and they collect 47.0 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Celtics are connecting on 48.0% from the floor, which ranks them 10th in the NBA.
The Celtics defensively are ranked 3rd in the NBA in points allowed per contest with 109.9. They are forcing 12.3 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 44.8% from the floor (4th in the league). The Boston defense concedes 37.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter (404 of 1,089) and opponents are converting on 73.6% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 24.0 dimes and 42.9 rebounds every game, which is 3rd and 10th in the league.
Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit
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