basketball | Thursday, March 16, 2023 2:42 PM

Detroit Pistons vs Denver Nuggets Best Bet: Nuggets Bounce Back

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Detroit Pistons vs Denver Nuggets Best Bet: Thursday, March 16th

Little Ceasars Arena will host tonight the no.1 seed in the West, the Nuggets team led by the MVP Nikola Jokic. The Nuggets have lost 4 consecutive games and are not in a good moment. The weak Pistons team is weakened even more with a lot of injuries for tonight so we’re surely in for a Nuggets show in Detroit.

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There is not a lot to say about the Pistons team this year, they are sitting on a 16-54 record and are the weakest team in the league. Their season has been mutilated by injuries and tonight is no exception. They will be missing B. Bogdanovic, C. Cunningham, A. Burks, I.Stewart, H. Diallo, and M. Bagley all due to injuries. They are ranked 25th to 30th in every key offensive and defensive category except RPG where they’re 12th in the league with 51.7.

They are allowing 55 points per game in the paint which will be even more in tonight’s clash against Jokic. They are in a deep rebuilding mode and their time is coming next season. But for now, they will just serve as an appetizer for the Nuggets to get back on the winning track.

The Nuggets are in very bad form, they have managed to lose their last 4 games with very inefficient shooting. Jokic has been putting up his usual stat lines but the Nuggets’ defence has been terrible recently and the team is struggling to win. They need a game like this one tonight where they will be able to get back on the winning track against the weak Pistons and try to rebuild momentum heading into the playoffs.

The disparity in stats is very big, as the aforementioned Pistons are almost dead to last in every category, and the Nuggets are top 7 in every main Offensive category. They are second in assists per game with almost 30. We believe their fast-paced offence and weak opposition for Jokic will lead to a blowout victory for the Nuggets.