Nets vs Pistons Odds, Spread & Picks (April 5)

• The Brooklyn Nets are 10.5-point road favorites vs the Detroit Pistons Wednesday night
• Both teams will be playing the second night of a back-to-back
• Read below for the Nets vs Pistons odds and predictions

They’ve been treading on the good work of the since-departed Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.

Now, the Brooklyn Nets (43-36, 21-19 away) are hanging  on to the final play-in spot in the East’s NBA Playoff Bracket as they visit the NBA’s worst team, the Detroit Pistons (16-63, 9-31 home).

The Nets just saw their 3-game win streak stop Tuesday night against the Timberwolves. At the same time, the Heat hammered the Pistons, pulling Miami to within a game of BK for sixth in the conference with just four games to play.

Both teams will be playing the second night of a back-to-back Wednesday (April 5), tipping off at 7pm ET from Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI. You can watch the game live on NBA League Pass.

Nets vs Pistons Odds

The NBA odds have the visiting Nets as hefty 10.5-point road favorites. Their -560 odds on the moneyline gives them an implied win probability of 84.85%.

At 21-19 on the road, the Nets are one of five clubs in the East’s top six with a winning road record, but they are just 5-7 since both Durant and Kyrie played their last games.

Detroit, meanwhile, is the only team in the NBA to have single-digit home wins. Their 9-31 record at Little Caesars is the worst in the league, with no other team with less than 13 home wins.

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Odds as of April 4 at DraftKings. 

Brooklyn Betting Analysis

With a guaranteed playoff spot still in their grasp, BK failed to capitalize against a team that had lost three straight, dropping a 107-102 decision to the Timberwolves.

Spencer Dinwiddie led the team in scoring with 30 points, three rebounds and six assists, while Mikal Bridges, fresh off an Eastern Conference Player of the Week award, added 24 points, five boards, two dimes and two steals.

Mikal Bridges:

— 1st in minutes this season
— 1st in minutes last season
— On pace to play 83 games this season

Iron man. pic.twitter.com/GX3BMmAF3b

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 4, 2023

The Nets shot a dismal 43.3% from the field, spoiling a pretty solid performance from three-point range, where they went 13-for-35, a 37.1% clip.

The combination of Irving and KD were last on the court for Brooklyn on Feb 1, and both were dealt within the next 10 days. Since they’ve been gone, the Nets have gone 12-16, putting up 112.2 points per game. That would be the sixth-lowest output in the NBA.

They are shooting 45.6% from the field — which would prorate to a tie for 2nd-last, while shooting 36.5% from three-point range, which would slot them into 13th. More than anything else, it shows just how average they’ve been without major star power.

Detroit Betting Analysis

You know you’re bad when you allow the lowest-scoring team in the league to light you on fire. That’s what happened to the Pistons Tuesday night, getting shelled 118-105 by the Miami Heat, a team averaging 109.1 points per game on the year.

Detroit allowed the Heat to shoot 51.2% from the field, including 13-for-36 from three-point range.

That gives Detroit 10 straight losses and 21 L’s in the last 22.

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— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) April 5, 2023

Rookie Jaden Ivey was big for the Pistons, dropping a game-high 30 points, to go with four boards and seven assists, while Jalen Duren had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Reclamation project James Wiseman looked good in the loss, with 14 points and six rebounds.

As if they weren’t already struggling, the Pistons won’t have leading scorer Bojan Bogdanovic (Achilles), while foot injuries have sidelined both Rodney McGruder and Alec Burks. Marvin Bagley (concussion) is questionable.

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Nets vs Pistons Betting Prediction

This will be the third and final meeting between these teams, each taking a win in the previous two matchups. Interestingly, Durant missed only one of those game, with Irving playing both.

Both are middle of the pack playing the second half of a back-to-back: Detroit is 7-6 against the spread, while the Nets are 6-7 ATS.

Despite their grim home record, the Pistons are outside the bottom five as a home bet, going 17-21-1 ATS. Brooklyn, meanwhile, has been a great wager of late on the road, running a 6-2 ATS mark in their last eight.

However, the Pistons have been the better bet in this head-to-head, going 4-1 ATS in the last five, while also going 4-1 ATS at home.

I have no doubt the Nets grab a win, but with a point differential of -1.5 since the trades, that’s too hefty a point spread to confidently pick the road team.