Denver Nuggets vs Detroit Pistons Prediction, 2/28/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Denver Nuggets vs Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday, February 28, 2025

Location: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Little Caesars Arena is the site where the Detroit Pistons (33-26) will meet the Denver Nuggets (38-20) on Friday.

The Nuggets played the Pacers and walked away with a win by a score of 125-116 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Nuggets walked away with 21 and the Pacers finished the game with 14 personal fouls. They also converted 14 out of their 43 shots from long range. Indiana finished 81.5% from the free throw line by knocking down 22 of their 27 shots. In addition, Indiana totaled 32 boards (8 offensive, 24 defensive) and added 4 rejections. Indiana doled out 29 assists and had 11 steals for the game. When it comes to defense, Denver let their opponent shoot 47.1% from the field on 40 out of 85 shooting. They also doled out 39 assists for this game in addition to forcing the opposition into 18 turnovers and getting 8 steals. With regard to pulling down boards, they collected 46 with 14 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Nuggets buried 11 of 14 tries for a rate of 78.6%. Denver finished the contest with a 56.4% FG percentage (53 of 94) and made 8 of their 21 shots from 3-point land.

Aaron Gordon is one guy who was a contributor for the game. Gordon finished the game at 64.7% from the field and also totaled 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 24 mins and also totaled 5 rebounds. He accounted for 25 points on 11 out of 17 shooting.

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Denver enters this matchup with a win-loss record of 38-20 for the season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 14.4 times per contest and as a unit are committing 17.6 personal fouls per contest. As a team, Denver is pulling down 45.9 boards per game and has earned 1,817 assists on the campaign, which ranks 1st in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Nuggets are hitting 38.1% on 3-point shots (694 of 1,823) and 77.7% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 121.3 points per game (3rd in the league) while shooting 50.9% from the field.

Defensively, the Nuggets are forcing their opponents into 13.3 turnovers every game while drawing 19.0 fouls. They are conceding 36.0% on 3-point shots and they are 23rd in basketball in opponents points per game (116.0). The Nuggets defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 46.3% (2,498 of 5,400) and they relinquish 42.1 rebounds per game as a unit. They are 29th in basketball in giving up assists with 1,697 conceded on the campaign.

In their last game, the Pistons got the victory with a final of 117-97 when they played the Celtics. The Pistons pulled down 37 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive rebounds totaling 51 for this game. They also turned it over 14 times, while getting 13 steals for this contest. The Celtics earned 15 personal fouls in the game which took the Pistons to the charity stripe for 17 tries. They were able to make 10 of them for a percentage of 58.8%. In the matter of shooting from 3-point land, Detroit buried 13 out of their 33 tries (39.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Pistons went 47 out of 89 from the field which had them at 52.8%. The Pistons allowed the Celtics to convert 33 of their 80 tries from the field which had them sitting at 41.3% for the matchup. They finished 42.9% from distance by going 21 out of 49 and finished the contest at 10 out of 15 from the free throw line (66.7%). In relation to how they cleaned up the glass, Detroit permitted Boston to grab 32 in all (7 on the offensive side).

Malik Beasley was important for the Pistons in this contest. Beasley earned 26 points in his 22 minutes of playing time and tallied 2 dimes in this game. He knocked down 10 out of 15 in this game giving him a rate of 66.7%, and accounted for 5 rebounds.

Detroit has a win-loss record of 33-26 for the season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Pistons are hitting on 47.3% from the floor, which is ranked 12th in the league. Detroit has accounted for 6,742 points so far this season (114.3 per contest) and they collect 45.4 boards per contest. They are assisting teammates 26.3 times per game (15th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 15.5 times per contest. The Pistons are committing 20.2 fouls per contest and they hit 77.8% from the free throw line.

The Detroit defense gives up 37.1% from downtown (821 of 2,214) and opponents are connecting on 77.1% of their free throw shots. They give up 25.4 assists and 41.9 boards per contest, which is 7th and 3rd in the league. The Pistons on defense are ranked 15th in basketball in points per game surrendered with 113.0. They are forcing their opponents into 14.9 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 46.4% from the field (15th in the NBA).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Denver

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