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Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
The Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers will meet on the court at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Saturday in a battle of division rivals.
Oddsmakers opened the Cavaliers as -10.5-point favorites versus the Pistons, while the game's total opened at 216.
Cleveland won its last outing, a 119-116 result against the Nuggets on March 18. The Cavaliers covered in that game as a +2.5-point underdog, while the 235 combined points took the game OVER the total.
In their last action, Detroit was a 134-120 winner on the road against the Magic. They covered the +3-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (254) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Detroit:
Team record: 19-51 SU,37-31-2 ATS
Detroit is 7-0-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Detroit is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 8 games
Cleveland:
Team record: 40-30 SU,40-27-3 ATS
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games
Cleveland is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games at home
Next up:
Detroit home to Portland Monday, March 21
Cleveland home to Los Angeles Monday, March 21