Detroit Pistons vs San Antonio Spurs Point Spread Picks

Despite not playing at their home venue, Frost Bank Center, for 26 days, the Spurs have been the hottest team in the NBA. They are 12-1 in their last 13 games. Now the Spurs finally get to return home from their annual rodeo trip, having played nine games in seven cities across three time zones while winning eight of their last nine. Detroit has the best record in the Eastern Conference at 45-15. The Pistons, however, could not beat the Spurs when they hosted them on Feb. 23, losing 114-103. The Spurs’ defense and physicality gave the Pistons problems. Victor Wembanyama had 21 points, 17 rebounds, and six blocked shots against the Pistons, and Stephon Castle did a tremendous defensive job on Cade Cummingham, who could only manage 16 points on 5-of-26 shooting from the floor. The Spurs have their blueprint to beat the Pistons, and now they are at home. Take the Spurs. 

San Antonio is a home underdog due to Victor Wembanyama being out for the season due to a blood clot, but the Spurs still have plenty of young talent, and they come off a 120-109 win over Phoenix last night. De'Aaron Fox scored 11 straight points in the final three minutes and finished with 26 for the Spurs, who shot 47 percent and went 15-for-41 from 3-point range. Detroit has lost 15 of the past 19 meetings, and the Pistons have lost 2-7 ATS in the past nine meetings. San Antonio has covered six straight at home against the Pistons. The Spurs are 4-2 ATS their past six games as underdogs. Detroit has won four in a row but against teams with a combined record of 56-109. Take the Spurs.

Detroit comes off a 107-89 victory over a short-handed Dallas team that rested some starters as it neared the end of the regular season, but it was a win nonetheless for the Pistons, who would like to end its disappointing season with at least some kind of momentum heading into next year. Marcus Sasser scored 24 points for Detroit, which shot 48 percent and the game went UNDER by 21.5 points. Victor Wembanyama will not play in this game in order to rest his right ankle and the Spurs are unlikely to duplicate their unlikely win over Denver on Friday night when they erased a 23-point deficit. The Spurs scored only 89 points and lost by 38 their previous game against Oklahoma City. San Antonio has gone UNDER six of seven home games against teams with losing road records and they are 6-1 UNDER versus opponents with below .400 winning percentages. Detroit is 20-9-1 UNDER its past 30 games. Take the Pistons on the moneyline and the UNDER.