Miami Heat vs Detroit Pistons Prediction, 12/19/2021 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Heat vs Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday, December 19, 2021

Location: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Miami (-6)

Little Caesars Arena is where the Detroit Pistons (4-23) will try to defeat the Miami Heat (18-12) on Sunday. Detroit is 6-point underdogs. The over/under is 204.

The Heat took the court against the Magic and earned the victory with a final of 115-105 in their last contest. Miami finished the game with a 50.0% FG percentage (41 of 82) and converted 19 out of their 35 shots from beyond the arc. From the charity stripe, the Heat converted 14 of 19 shots for a percentage of 73.7%. Concerning getting rebounds, they collected 46 with 14 of them being offensive. They also doled out 25 assists for the contest as well as forcing the opposition into 5 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When discussing the defense, Miami allowed the other team to go 48.3% from the floor on 43 out of 89 shooting. Orlando earned 36 assists and had 23 steals in this game. In addition, Orlando snagged 27 rebounds (9 offensive, 18 defensive) and earned 5 blocked shots. Orlando finished the contest at 80.0% when shooting free throws by making 8 of 10 shots. They made 11 of 32 attempts from beyond the arc. Concerning fouls, the Heat finished with 14 while the Magic had 11 fouls.

Max Strus is someone who played a role in the matchup. He ended up walking away with 32 points on 11 of 15 shooting. He saw the court for 34 minutes and totaled 7 boards. Strus ended up going 73.3% from the field and recorded 1 assist.

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Miami will enter this matchup with a record of 18-12 on the campaign. They are averaging 107.2 points per outing (17th in the league) while connecting on 46.3% from the floor. The Heat are shooting 36.8% on shots from 3-point land (391 of 1,063) and 79.6% from the charity stripe. As a team, Miami is snagging 44.2 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 757 assists so far this season, which ranks 6th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 15.0 times per contest and as a group they commit 20.1 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Heat are able to force 15.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.6 personal fouls. They give up 34.5% on 3-point shots and they are 3rd in basketball in PPG allowed (103.8). The Heat defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 44.1% (1,112 of 2,522) and they surrender 41.3 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They are currently ranked 15th in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 691 conceded for the season.

In their last game, the Pistons walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 122-113 when they played the Pacers. The Pistons were able to pull down 31 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 37 for this game. They coughed up the ball 12 times, while earning 6 steals in this game. The Pacers committed 8 fouls for this game which got the Pistons to the free throw line for 30 tries. They were able to bury 26 of the free throw tries for a clip of 86.7%. Pertaining to shooting from beyond the arc, Detroit converted 7 of their 25 tries (28.0%). When this game wrapped up, the Pistons ended up going 40 out of 81 from the floor which gave them a rate of 49.4%. The Pistons permitted the Pacers to make 45 of 91 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 49.5% in this matchup. They finished the game shooting 21.9% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 7 out of 32 and ended up going 25 of 28 from the free throw line (89.3%). In regard to how they attacked the glass, Detroit permitted Indiana to collect 33 in total (8 on the offensive side).

Saddiq Bey ended up being a factor for the Pistons in this matchup. Bey had 28 points in his 36 minutes of playing time and had 5 assists in this contest. He converted 9 of 17 in the game giving him a field goal percentage of 52.9%, and totaled 10 rebounds.

Detroit has a mark of 4-23 this year. On the offensive side of the court, the Pistons are hitting on 41.2% from the floor, which ranks them 29th in the league. Detroit has 2,704 pts on the year (100.1 per game) and they pull down 42.1 boards per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 21.4 times per contest (29th in the league) and they cough up possession 15.2 times per game. The Pistons have committed 20.0 fouls per contest and they connect on 79.1% from the free throw line.

The Pistons on the defensive end are ranked 21st in basketball in points allowed per game with 109.9. They are forcing 15.7 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 47.8% from the field (30th in the NBA). The Detroit defense concedes 37.4% on shots from beyond the arc (319 of 853) and their opponents are knocking down 78.0% of their free throw shots. They surrender 24.4 dimes and 46.2 rebounds per game, which ranks them 20th and 23rd in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami (-6)

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