Detroit Pistons vs Toronto Raptors Prediction, 11/15/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Detroit Pistons vs Toronto Raptors

Date: Friday, November 15, 2024

Location: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON

TV: TSN

The Detroit Pistons (5-8) are headed to Scotiabank Arena on Friday where they will go up against the Toronto Raptors (2-10).

The Pistons played the Bucks and ended up losing by a score of 127-120 in their last game. Detroit ended the contest with a 46.0% field goal percentage (46 of 100) and made 18 of their 38 three-point attempts. At the free throw line, the Pistons made 10 of their 13 shots for a rate of 76.9%. When discussing getting rebounds, they collected 45 with 11 of them being offensive. They also distributed 29 dimes in the game in addition to forcing 12 turnovers and getting 6 steals. Pertaining to defending, Detroit allowed the other team to shoot 47.4% from the floor on 45 of 95 shooting. Milwaukee doled out 26 dimes and had 10 steals for the game. Additionally, Milwaukee pulled down 47 rebounds (9 offensive, 38 defensive) and added 7 rejections. Milwaukee shot 88.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 22 of their 25 attempts. They made 15 of their 35 attempts from long range. When it comes to personal fouls, the Pistons ended up with 21 while the Bucks totaled 12 personal fouls.

Cade Cunningham is one guy who came through for this game. He was able to score 35 points on 13 out of 34 shooting. He played 43 mins and snagged 7 rebounds. Cunningham finished shooting 38.2% from the field and also totaled 11 assists.

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Detroit will play this contest with a win-loss record of 5-8 on the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 17.2 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 20.8 fouls per contest. As a team, Detroit is snagging 46.5 rebounds per game and is sitting with 324 dimes for the campaign, which ranks 9th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Pistons are hitting 35.2% on shots from downtown (160 of 455) and 77.4% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 109.3 pts per game (24th in the league) while hitting 46.5% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Pistons are able to force 12.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.1 personal fouls. They are ranked 27th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 324 surrendered so far this year. The Pistons defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 45.6% (527 of 1,155) and they surrender 41.5 boards per game as a unit. They are giving up 35.9% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 14th in the NBA in PPG allowed (111.8).

The last time they took the court, the Raptors took a loss by a final score of 99-85 against the Bucks. When talking about rebounding, Toronto permitted Milwaukee to get 47 in all (12 on the offensive glass). They finished 28.6% from three-point range by shooting 16 out of 56 and walked away from this one shooting 7 of 12 at the free throw line (58.3%). The Raptors permitted the Bucks to bury 38 of 94 attempts from the floor which had them at 40.4% for the contest. Overall, the Raptors finished 30 for 86 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 34.9%. In reference to shots from downtown, Toronto knocked down 9 of 25 attempts (36.0%). They were able to knock down 16 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. The Bucks committed 18 personal fouls in this game which took the Raptors to the free throw line for 20 tries. They also gave up possession of the ball 22 times, while getting 11 steals in this contest. The Raptors corralled 37 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive boards for a total of 54 in the game.

Gradey Dick ended up being a major contributor for the Raptors for this contest. Dick had 32 points in his 38 minutes on the court and had 3 dimes in this matchup. He knocked down 7 of 20 for the matchup for a field goal rate of 35.0%, and tallied 5 rebounds.

Toronto has a win-loss mark of 2-10 for the season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Raptors are shooting 45.8% from the floor, which has them ranked 21st in the league. Toronto has tallied 1,353 pts on the campaign (112.8 per contest) and they average 44.7 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 28.9 times per game (4th in the NBA) and they are giving up possession 16.8 times per contest. The Raptors are committing 24.4 fouls per contest and they go 75.3% from the free throw line.

The Toronto defense allows 34.7% on 3-point shots (145 of 418) and their opposition makes 79.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have surrendered 26.3 assists and 42.1 boards every game, which ranks them 19th and 9th in the NBA. The Raptors are ranked 28th in the league in PPG given up with 120.8. They are able to force 13.8 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 47.8% from the field (25th in the NBA).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit

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