San Antonio at Detroit

The Detroit Pistons decided to end the tenure of coach Maurice Cheeks, and assistant coach John Loyer is expected to lead the team into Monday’s home game against the San Antonio Spurs. The Pistons coaching carousel has been endless, but the one consistent factor is this team is simply not competitive in the NBA. San Antonio has been a focused team, even against the lesser teams in the league as they seldom are a no-show. The Spurs, since 1996 own a 55% winning percentage ATS when tackling a losing team, and that jumps to 56.1% if they are on the road. The Spurs have also been very good vs. the East where they own a 44-21-1 ATS mark in their last 66. The Pistons, on the other hand, are a woeful 9-28-1 ATS in their last 38 vs. the West. Make the play on San Antonio.