705 PACERS at 706 PISTONS
Take: PISTONS -4.5
A strong in-season trend and perhaps a little extra motivation in play here. The Pacers have been a disaster when playing on the road off a win so far this campaign. Nine games, nine losses and an improbably 0-9 spread record in this situation. One cautionary note is that I do think the Pacers are starting to get hot together to some extent as the backcourt combo of Teague and Robinson is starting to click.
But this should be a pretty big game for Detroit. The Pistons played a very bad game the last time these teams met, losing big at home, leading to some pointed comments after the game by Stan Van Gundy.
The Pacers have played well on this court, winning seven of their last nine visits to the Palace. But they’ve been a very poor road team this season with only four away wins and with Detroit off a good game, I can live with laying a couple of baskets tonight. I’ll side with the Pistons to get the win and cover.
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