Detroit Pistons vs Toronto Raptors Prediction, 4/4/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Detroit Pistons vs Toronto Raptors

Date: Friday, April 4, 2025

Location: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON

TV: TSN

The Detroit Pistons (42-34) are headed to Scotiabank Arena on Friday where they will go up against the Toronto Raptors (28-48).

The Pistons faced off with the Thunder and took a loss by a score of 119-103 in their last game. When talking about fouls, the Pistons ended up with 25 and the Thunder finished the game with 19 fouls. They also buried 10 out of their 38 tries from long range. Oklahoma City finished 80.6% from the free throw line by making 25 of their 31 tries. In addition, Oklahoma City had 46 boards (13 offensive, 33 defensive) and added 7 blocks. Oklahoma City recorded 25 dimes and had 12 steals in this matchup. With respect to defense, Detroit allowed the other team to go 43.8% from the field on 42 out of 96 shooting. They also doled out 20 assists in this matchup while creating 10 turnovers and getting 5 steals. When it comes to hauling in boards, they collected 43 with 11 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Pistons made 21 of 25 tries for a rate of 84.0%. Detroit finished the contest with a 40.4% field goal percentage (36 out of 89) and buried 10 out of their 33 3-point attempts.

Tim Hardaway Jr. is a guy who played a role in this matchup. Hardaway finished 57.1% from the floor and also earned 3 assists. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes played and totaled 3 boards. He left the arena with 23 points on 8 of 14 shooting.

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Detroit enters this contest with a mark of 42-34 on the campaign. They are averaging 115.4 pts per game (11th in basketball) while shooting 47.6% from the floor. The Pistons are connecting on 36.3% on shots from distance (967 of 2,666) and 77.9% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Detroit is pulling down 45.0 boards per game and has accumulated 1,999 dimes for the campaign, which is 15th in the NBA in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 15.1 times per game and as a team are committing 20.8 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Pistons are able to force 15.1 turnovers per game and they draw 18.9 personal fouls. They are giving up 36.4% from 3-point land while they are 14th in the league in PPG allowed (113.2). The Pistons defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 46.0% (3,067 of 6,664) and they surrender 42.1 boards per game as a group. They are currently ranked 6th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,880 surrendered so far this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Raptors took a defeat with a final score of 137-118 against the Bulls. The Raptors were able to snag 26 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 35 in this game. They also gave up possession 12 times, while recording 7 steals for this contest. The Bulls committed 9 fouls for this game which took the Raptors to the free throw line for 11 attempts. They were able to convert 10 of the free throw tries for a rate of 90.9%. When talking about shooting from 3-point land, Toronto converted 20 out of their 45 attempts (44.4%). Overall, the Raptors finished 44 out of 97 from the floor which gave them a rate of 45.4%. The Raptors allowed the Bulls to convert 50 out of 88 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 56.8% for this contest. They finished 41.2% from three-point range by going 14 out of 34 and walked away from this one shooting 23 of 27 from the free throw line (85.2%). In reference to rebounds, Toronto permitted Chicago to collect 49 overall (10 on the offensive side).

Immanuel Quickley ended up having an impact for the Raptors in this contest. He buried 7 of 14 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and earned 1 rebound. Quickley earned 17 points in his 24 minutes on the court and had 9 dimes in the game.

Toronto has a mark of 28-48 for the year. As an offensive unit, the Raptors are hitting on 45.8% from the field, which ranks them 20th in the league. Toronto has 8,417 points for the season (110.8 per contest) and they average 45.1 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 28.5 times per contest (8th in the league) and they turn it over 15.4 times per game. The Raptors are committing 21.3 personal fouls per contest while shooting 75.1% from the free throw line.

The Toronto defense gives up 35.0% on three-point shots (1,010 of 2,889) and opponents are connecting on 77.5% of their foul shots. They surrender 26.0 assists and 44.7 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 10th and 21st in basketball. The Raptors defensively are ranked 19th in basketball in points allowed per game with 115.3. They are able to force 14.8 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 46.5% from the floor (11th in the NBA).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto and under the total points

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