Pacers vs Pistons NBA Week 8 Betting Lines and Pick

The Indiana Pacers made a surprising run to the championship matchup of the NBA’s In-Season Tournament but lost to the Lakers on Saturday night and could be facing a major trap game back in “regular” season action Monday as the Pacers visit a Pistons team on a franchise-record 19-game losing streak. 2023 NBA Expert Analysis Indiana vs Detroit | MyBookie Sportsbook NBA Regular Season: October 24, 2023, to April 14, 2024 | NBA Week 8

How to Bet Pacers at Pistons NBA Odds & TV Info

When: Monday, 7 PM ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena
TV: NBA League Pass
Stream: NBA.com, NBA TV app
Radio: Tunein.com
NBA Odds: Pacers -7 (247.5)

Series History

This is the second of four scheduled meetings this season. On Nov. 24, Detroit lost 136-113 at Indiana. Tyrese Haliburton had 26 points and 10 assists and Myles Turner scored 10 of his 23 points in the final quarter. The Pistons made six of their 14 turnovers in the fourth quarter. They led by one point in the first minute of the final quarter, but were outscored 39-17 in the fourth. Turner overcame first-half foul trouble to finish strong, which included 10 rebounds and five blocks. Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham led all scorers with 31 and Jaden Ivey had 25. Indiana now leads all-time 108-102.

Why Bet on Indiana?

The Pacers met the Lakers for the NBA Cup on Saturday night in Las Vegas – the only game of the In-Season Tournament that doesn’t count toward the regular season – and lost 123-109 to see an overall three-game winning streak end but Indiana was a big winner from that tournament as it generated a lot of national buzz behind star Tyrese Haliburton. He finished with 20 points and 11 assists in Saturday’s loss.

“I think last year we snuck up on teams, teams didn’t really know what to expect,” said Haliburton. “But I think now when you play the Pacers you know what to expect. … Obviously, people didn’t expect us to get here, the championship game, but I think teams are prepared for us.”

While he didn’t do it Saturday, Haliburton is the first player in NBA history to record multiple games with 25+ points, 15+ assists and zero turnovers, and has done so three times this season. Indiana gets back to the regular season with the league’s No. 1 offense, which is averaging 128.4 points, led by Haliburton who is averaging 26.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and a league-high 12.1 assists. In seven tournament games, he led all players who made it to the final with an average of 26.7 points per game on 52.4% shooting, and had 13.3 assists per contest.

Bennedict Mathurin had 20 points off the bench in Saturday’s loss. The former first-round pick has been far more consistent since returning to a bench role of late, averaging 13.7 points per game and shooting 46.2 percent from the field since being removed from the first unit. He was averaging 13.0 points and shooting 41.9 percent from the field as a starter. Another key reserve, guard Andrew Nembhard, missed Saturday with a knee injury and will be re-evaluated in one week. T.J. McConnell is expected to pick up some minutes in the meantime.

The Pacers currently have eight players who are averaging 10 or more points per game and have received key contributions off the bench from several players all season. The Pacers are 10-2 this season when six or more players score in double figures. Jalen Smith has scored in double figures in seven of his 14 appearances off the bench this season for an average of 10.0 points per game. He is shooting 70.7 percent from the field this season, and ranks 10th among all reserves in the NBA with an average of 5.5 rebounds per game off the bench. However, Smith is out injured and not back Monday.

Buddy Hield ranks 18th in the NBA in 3-pointers made this season. He finished with 24 points and tied a franchise record for the most 3-pointers attempted without a miss as he shot 6-for-6 from 3-point range at Atlanta, 11/21. McConnell ranks ninth in the NBA with an assists-per-turnover ratio of 4.21. After leading the NBA in bench scoring last season, the Pacers’ bench currently ranks among league leaders in several categories.

The Pacers have reached 140 or more points four times this season, which is already the most games with 140+ in one season in franchise history (passing the previous high mark of three during the 2020-21 season).

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Why Bet on Detroit?

The Pistons lost their franchise-record 19th straight game Friday, 123-91 in Orlando. Former No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham finished with 21 points, six assists and three rebounds. Cunningham led all Pistons in scoring and assists while finishing as the lone player on his team with 20 or more points in a losing effort. Cunningham has surpassed the 20-point mark in 15 outings this year.

Guard Joe Harris missed his lone field-goal attempt and recorded a blocked shot in four minutes of action in a return from injury. Harris checked into the game with 3:34 left in the first period and stayed in the game for the remainder of the quarter, but he didn’t see any action thereafter. The fact that the game turned into a blowout in the second half may have prompted head coach Monty Williams to stay away from Harris, but the 32-year-old doesn’t look as though he’ll be in store for a major role in any case even though he’s now made his way back from the right shoulder strain that had sidelined him for the previous 14 games.

Power forward Marvin Bagley was unable to return to Friday’s loss after developing back spasms. He finished with nine points, five rebounds and four turnovers in 23 minutes. Bagley drew the start at center in place of Jalen Duren (ankle) on Friday, with Duren out a couple of weeks, but he failed to make the most of it.

If Bagley is unable to play Monday against the Pacers, the Pistons could turn to James Wiseman as their starting center or push Isaiah Stewart over from power forward to center. Duren ranks 6th in the NBA with 10.9 rebounds per game and ninth with 3.4 offensive rebounds per. He had the third-most rebounds (748) and fourth-most double-doubles (29) by any Piston through 81 games with the franchise in the past 50 seasons.

The Pistons have been anchored defensively by Stewart and Duren, who rank 2nd and 7th in the NBA with a .408 and .415 defended field goal percentage, respectively (min. 10 FG defended per game). Detroit has contested 51.9 shots per game, 2nd-most in the league.

This team made Williams the highest-paid coach in history this offseason just to get him to Detroit. The Pistons are 2-20, with the losing streak the longest in one season in franchise history and second-longest overall behind a 21-game slide at the end of the 1979-80 season and the start of 1980-81.

The streak is the longest in the NBA since Houston lost 20 straight in 2020-21. The Philadelphia 76ers hold both NBA records, setting the single-season mark at 26 in a row in 2013-14 and the overall mark at 28 at the end of 2014-15 and start of 2015-16. The Pistons are the first team to lose 20 of their first 22 games of a season since those 2015-16 76ers. Detroit is also the fifth team since 2000 to lose 20 of its first 22 games in a season with a point differential per game of minus-10.0 or worse.

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