Table-topping Pistons lean favoured at winless Nets despite Duren absence
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odds are estimates- Medium confidenceWonMatch WinnerDetroit Pistons to win@ 1.33
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Brooklyn sit 15th in the East at 0-4, with 457 points scored and 496 conceded, a deficit of roughly ten points per game across a five-game losing run. Detroit top the conference at 4-1, with 549 for and 517 against, winning four of their last five.
Both sides have key absences. The Nets are likely without Egor Demin (listed out with a leg issue) and Tyler Bilodeau, while the Pistons lose starting centre Jalen Duren to a hamstring strain, with Paul Reed stepping in and Isaiah Joe a game-time decision. Detroit have conceded around 107 per game on the road, compared with the Nets allowing 118 at home, and the sharp market rates Detroit as clear favourites.
Medium rather than High because Duren's absence weakens Detroit's interior, their road win rate is a modest 60%, and early-season samples are small. It is not lower because the table, recent form, points differential and the market all point the same way against a winless, short-handed home side.
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