The Detroit Pistons (5-1) and Charlotte Hornets (3-4) meet Monday at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Let's analyze NBA odds around the Pistons vs. Hornets odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Pistons lead 1-0
Detroit handled the Brooklyn Nets 110-94 Friday while covering as a 7.5-point road favorite as the Under (222.5) cashed. G Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 20 points, but it was Detroit's 24 forced turnovers and the 27 points that came off those turnovers that led to the win. The Pistons continue to have the best defense in basketball, having a defensive rating of 103.2 and holding teams to just 101.8 points per game, both best in the league.
Charlotte lost 109-104 to the Philadelphia 76ers Saturday, failing to cover as a 1.5-point home underdog while the Over (212.5) hit. The Hornets have lost 3 straight, and they were held under 90 points in 2 of those losses. G Grayson Allen went off for 27 points, and G Brandon Miller added 24, but the Hornets could not overcome their 18-8 deficit in the turnover margin.
These teams met just a few days before Halloween, The Pistons won 97-89 (Under 221.5) at home as a 7.5-point favorite, forcing 25 turnovers. Cunningham scored 30 points and Miller scored 31 in that game.
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Pistons at Hornets odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Pistons -190 (bet $190 to win $100) | Hornets +154 (bet $100 to win $154)
- Against the spread (ATS): Pistons -4.5 (-102) | Hornets +4.5 (-118)
- Over/Under (O/U): 210.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Pistons at Hornets key injuries
Pistons
- C Jalen Duren (hamstring) out
- G Isaiah Joe (hip) questionable
Hornets
- G Kon Knueppel (hamstring) out
- F Grant Williams (hamstring) out
For most recent updates: Official NBA injury report.
Pistons at Hornets picks and predictions
Prediction
Pistons 107, Hornets 100
Moneyline
PASS.
The Pistons will win this game because of their defense, but they are just slightly too heavily favored at -190 to risk betting on, so pass here and bet on the spread and/or total instead.
Against the spread
BET PISTONS -4.5 (-102).
The Hornets do not take care of the ball as they sit bottom 5 in the NBA in turnovers per game with 17.6, and that gives an easy advantage to a Pistons defense that is already top-10 in turnovers forced per game (17.3). On the other side, the Hornets won't have anyone to deal with Cade, so he will be able to get whatever he wants offensively in this game as he did the last time these squads met.
Duren was out when these teams met Oct. 28, so the Pistons know they don't need his presence to dominate this team.
Over/Under
BET UNDER 210.5 (-105).
The Under has hit in each of Detroit's last 4 games overall and is 6-1 for the Hornets. The Under is also 9-1 in the last 10 matchups between these squads, having hit in all of the last 6 meetings.
When these squads last met, the Pistons held the Hornets to just 89 points, and that's even with Miller scoring 31, so expect that Detroit's defense is dominant again here. For Detroit, Cunningham was really the only Pistons player to get going in that matchup, as no other Pistons player scored over 16, so expect that both teams have offensive woes at times.
Best prop bet
Pistons G CADE CUNNINGHAM OVER 23.5 POINTS (-135).
Cunningham's scoring totals have gone down this season as he is averaging just 22.2 points per game, but in his last matchup against the Hornets, he dropped 30 points on 10 of 22 shooting while hitting 4 3s, marking the second time in the last 3 matchups against Charlotte that he has finished with 30+ points on 20+ shot attempts. Cunningham always puts his shots up against Charlotte, so he will have plenty of opportunities here, and nobody on that Charlotte roster can stay in front of him.
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