Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 11/9/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

TD Garden is where the Boston Celtics will meet the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.

The Pistons faced off with the Thunder and earned the victory with a final of 112-103 in their last contest. Detroit walked away from the game with a 41.9% FG percentage (39 out of 93) and made 9 out of their 33 shots from beyond the arc. From the charity stripe, the Pistons converted 25 of 33 tries for a percentage of 75.8%. When discussing grabbing rebounds, they collected 58 with 16 of them being offensive. They also dished out 20 assists for the contest while forcing 10 turnovers and having 6 steals. Pertaining to defense, Detroit allowed their opponent to shoot 40.2% from the field on 41 out of 102 shooting. Oklahoma City totaled 23 dimes and had 9 steals in this matchup. In addition, Oklahoma City snagged 46 rebounds (16 offensive, 30 defensive) and had 9 blocks. Oklahoma City finished the game shooting 64.7% at the charity stripe by knocking down 11 of their 17 attempts. They buried 10 of their 33 attempts from beyond the arc. In reference to fouls, the Pistons walked away with 19 while the Thunder recorded 26 fouls.

Saddiq Bey is someone who came through for the contest. He accumulated 25 points on 8 out of 17 shooting. He saw the court for 37 mins and pulled down 5 boards. Bey walked away from this one shooting 47.1% from the field and totaled 2 dimes.

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Detroit will play this contest with a record of 3-8 this season. They are turning it over 14.9 times per contest and as a squad they commit 22.5 fouls per contest. As a team, Detroit is pulling in 43.9 boards per game and has accounted for 233 dimes so far this season, which ranks 26th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Pistons are shooting 33.7% on shots from beyond the arc (125 of 371) and 78.5% from the charity stripe. They average 107.7 pts per contest (28th in basketball) while hitting 42.6% from the floor.

Defensively, the Pistons have forced 13.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 21.8 fouls. They are currently ranked 20th in basketball in allowing assists with 277 surrendered this season. The Pistons defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 48.1% (486 of 1,011) and they surrender 48.4 boards per game as a basketball team. They are relinquishing 34.3% on three-point shots while they are 26th in the league in PPG from their opponents (117.5).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Celtics walked away with a victory by a final of 109-106 against the Grizzlies. In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Boston permitted Memphis to snag 45 in total (8 on the offensive side). They finished shooting 34.1% from beyond the arc by shooting 15 of 44 and finished the contest at 9 of 14 at the charity stripe (64.3%). The Celtics allowed the Grizzlies to bury 41 out of 91 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 45.1% for the matchup. At the conclusion of this game, the Celtics shot 38 for 82 from the floor which had them shooting 46.3%. When discussing shots from downtown, Boston buried 12 of their 37 attempts (32.4%). They were able to make 21 of them for a percentage of 75.0%. The Grizzlies earned 23 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Celtics to the free throw line for a total of 28 tries. They also gave up possession of the ball 15 times, while getting 5 steals in the matchup. The Celtics were able to snag 38 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds totaling 45 in this matchup.

Jayson Tatum ended up having an impact for the Celtics in this game. He converted 12 out of 25 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 48.0%, and totaled 3 rebounds. Tatum earned 39 points in his 40 mins of playing time and added 2 assists for the game.

Boston has a win-loss mark of 7-3 for the season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Celtics are shooting 47.7% from the floor, which ranks 6th in the NBA. Boston has accounted for 1,178 points for the season (117.8 per game) and they pull in 41.2 rebounds per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 25.4 times per contest (12th in the NBA) and they turn the ball over 13.9 times per contest. The Celtics are committing 21.7 fouls every game and they hit 85.5% from the free throw line.

The Celtics on the defensive end are ranked 18th in the NBA in PPG given up with 114.4. They are forcing 12.6 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 47.0% from the field (19th in basketball). The Boston defense allows 36.6% from downtown (117 of 320) and their opponents are making 79.9% of their foul shots. They have given up 22.3 assists and 44.5 rebounds per game, which is 5th and 21st in the NBA.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston

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