Brooklyn Nets vs Detroit Pistons 2/9/2021 Spread Picks and Prediction

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Brooklyn Nets vs Detroit Pistons 2/9/2021 – Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan will play host to Brooklyn Nets and Detroit Pistons as they square-off in an Eastern Conference play. This is going to be an unbalanced game as the Nets are holding the third spot while the Pistons remain at the bottom. The best NBA lines tonight have already predicted a winner based on each team’s potential. The Nets playing this game on the road is going to be easy as they have all it takes to defend the Pistons. Brooklyn will make use of this opportunity to break their losing streak. As for Detroit, this could easily be one of their toughest conference games on the season.

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Brooklyn will enter this game riding a two-game losing streak. The Nets were unable to get past the 76ers in their last game as they struggled to score more than 108 points. From the defensive end, Brooklyn gave up 124 to Philadelphia and they look forward to making a change in this game. The Nets are holding a 14-11 record on the season as they trail the Milwaukee Bucks in the second spot. Brooklyn is ahead of the Celtics in the fourth position. The top scorer touching an impressive 29 plus points per game on average is Kevin Durant. The rebounding leader is James Harden with an average of eight plus boards per game. When it comes to assists, Durant has taken the lead once again with 10.

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Players to watch: K. Durant PF (18 GP 17 GS 35.9 MIN 29.5 PTS 0.4 OR 7.1 DR 7.4 REB 5.2 AST 0.8 STL 1.4 BLK 3.5 TO 2.4 PF 1.5 AST/TO 25.83 PER)

K. Irving PG (16 GP 16 GS 35.8 MIN 27.5 PTS 0.8 OR 4 DR 4.8 REB 5.7 AST 0.9 STL 0.8 BLK 2.6 TO 2.9 PF 2.2 AST/TO 24.25 PER)

J. Harden SG * (11 GP 11 GS 39.3 MIN 23.6 PTS 0.9 OR 7.2 DR 8.1 REB 11.8 AST 1.1 STL 0.5 BLK 3.9 TO 2.8 PF 3 AST/TO 23.52 PER).

Detroit Pistons are the worst team in the Eastern Conference play with their terrible 5-18 record on the season. The Pistons are way beyond the .500 mark as they continue to trail Washington Wizards in the 14th spot. The Pistons will enter this game riding a four-game losing streak. In their last outing, Detroit was restricted to just 129 points while giving up 135 to the Los Angeles Lakers. The leading scorer with an average of 24 points per game is Jerami Grant. When it comes to rebounds, Mason Plumlee has taken the lead with close to nine boards per game. The assists leader with 4.7 is Delon Wright.

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Players to watch: J. Grant SF (23 GP 23 GS 36.2 MIN 24 PTS 1 OR 4.6 DR 5.6 REB 3 AST 0.9 STL 1.2 BLK 1.5 TO 2.8 PF 2 AST/TO 19.89 PER)

D. Rose PG (15 GP 0 GS 22.8 MIN 14.2 PTS 0.4 OR 1.5 DR 1.9 REB 4.2 AST 1.2 STL 0.3 BLK 1.9 TO 1.1 PF 2.2 AST/TO 17.47 PER)

J. Jackson SG (21 GP 6 GS 23.6 MIN 12.3 PTS 0.7 OR 2.9 DR 3.6 REB 1.9 AST 0.9 STL 1 BLK 2.2 TO 3 PF 0.9 AST/TO 11.75 PER).

Brooklyn Nets

Brooklyn are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Brooklyn’s last 19 games.
Brooklyn are 14-6 ATS in their last 20 games against Detroit.
Brooklyn are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Detroit.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Brooklyn’s last 8 games on the road.
Brooklyn are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Brooklyn’s last 6 games this season.
Brooklyn are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Brooklyn are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games against an opponent in the Central Division division.

Detroit Pistons

The total has gone OVER in 8 of Detroit’s last 12 games.
Detroit are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit’s last 12 games against Brooklyn.
Detroit are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games at home.
Pistons are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games when playing at home against Brooklyn.
Detroit are 2-9 SU in their last 11 games this season.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit’s last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.
Detroit are 1-10 SU in their last 11 games played in February.

Injuries

Brooklyn Nets

Kevin Durant SF COVID-19 is downgraded to OUT Tuesday vs Detroit
Iman Shumpert SG Hamstring is OUT Tuesday vs Detroit
Kyrie Irving PG Finger is upgraded to probable Tuesday vs Detroit
Spencer Dinwiddie PG ACL is out for season
Nicolas Claxton C Quarantine is out indefinitely

Detroit Pistons

Wayne Ellington SF Calf is “?” Tuesday vs Brooklyn
Jahlil Okafor C Knee is OUT Tuesday vs Brooklyn
Delon Wright PG Ankle is “?” Tuesday vs Brooklyn
Dennis Smith Jr. PG Acquired is “?” Tuesday vs Brooklyn
Killian Hayes PG Hip is out indefinitely

The odds are easy as the NBA betting predictions are clearly in favor of Brooklyn Nets to win this game and cover the spread. Brooklyn will use this chance to make up for their loss against an easy Piston squad. Back Brooklyn to win and cover the spread.

Moneyline: The ML for the Nets in this game is -500 and the ML for the Pistons is +375.

ATS: The spread set for Brooklyn is -8.5 (-11) and the spread set for Detroit is +9.5 (-111).

TOTALs: The total will go over 232.5 (-111) for the winning team and the same will go under for the losing team.

Score Prediction: 129 – 119 Nets

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