Vegas NBA Basketball Prediction: Detroit vs Philadelphia
Friday, January 06, 2012
Frank Martin
The truncated NBA season resulted in a number of scheduling quirks. The road-weary Philadelphia 76ers can attest to that. After playing their first five games of the campaign in other team’s arenas, the 76ers are finally returning to Philadelphia.
They will be the last NBA team to play their home opener when the Detroit Pistons come to the Wells Fargo Center on Friday. Philadelphia showed its mettle on the five-game trip, overcoming a pair of double-digit holes to win the last two and come home above .500. "We're 3-2, that was our mission,” guard Jrue Holiday said. “That's what we wanted to do and we accomplished it.
" The Pistons haven’t fared well themselves on the road, losing both games by 10-plus points. Detroit, however, has won seven of the past nine overall meetings with Philadelphia.
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Detroit Pistons
@ Philadelphia 76ers
When:
7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 6, 2012
Where:
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TV:
7 p.m. ET, FS Detroit, CS Philadelphia
The 76ers have opened as 8.5-point favorites on SBG Global Sportsbook’s Live NBA Basketball Odds.
Detroit Pistons (2-4): The Pistons’ biggest deficiency has been scoring. They are averaging only 86.8 points per game, third-worst in the league. Shooting guard Ben Gordon leads the squad at 16.2 points but managed only seven points on 2 of 10 shooting in Wednesday’s loss to Chicago. Second-year center Greg Monroe continues to be a bright spot while averaging 14.8 points and 8.5 rebounds. Detroit pulls down only 37.8 rebounds per game, 28th in the NBA.
Philadelphia 76ers (3-2): Philadelphia has dropped three of four home openers but will try to get that corrected behind Holiday and surprising center Spencer Hawes. Holliday scored 14 of his season-best 23 points in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s win over New Orleans while adding eight assists. Hawes is enjoying a career resurgence in his second season with the 76ers, averaging career-highs of 13.0 points and 11.4 rebounds. Shooting guard Jodie Meeks is struggling from 3-point range, having missed 11 of 14.
1.
The Pistons are having trouble altering
shots, ranking last in the NBA at 2.5 blocks per game.
2. Philadelphia reserve point guard Lou Williams is averaging a team-high 18.2
points in only 26.4 minutes.
NBA BASKETBALL PREDICTION: 76ers 95, Pistons 88
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