PREMIUM
Rogers' 10* TOTAL MASSACRE >> **SIZZLING 12-6-2 This Week!**
(NBA) Detroit vs. LA Clippers,
Total: 207.50 | -105.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 207.50 | -105.00 Under
Result: Loss
The set-up: Who needs Chris Paul? The Clippers and Paul parted ways in the off-season, as he traded to the Rockets but the 'new-look" Clippers, now clearly led by Blake Griffin, are off to a 4-0 start. The Rockets may be 5-1 but the Clippers are currently the lone unbeaten team in the young NBA season and will look to make it a 5-0 start when the Pistons visit Staples Center on Saturday night.The Pistons are 3-2 and have quite a weekend in store, playing the Clippers tonight and then heading north for a game with the defending champion Warriors Sunday night in Oakland.
Detroit: The only consistent theme this year so far for the Pistons is the team's inconsistency, as Detroit has alternated wins and losses through its first five games. However, the Pistons are arguably coming off their best performance of the season, a 122-101 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves this past Wednesday. Tobias Harris led the way with 34 points against the T-wloves and leads Detroit in scoring at 23.6 PPG (adds 5.4 RPG). The team also has three other double digit scorers in PG Jackson (15.2 & 6.2 APG), SG Bradley (14.6) and center Drummond (13.4 & 13.2).
LA Clippers: Los Angeles remains undefeated thanks to star forward Blake Griffin, who buried a last-second three-pointer in Thursday's 104-103 win at Portland. Griffin is settling nicely into his role as the team's undisputed leader, averaging 26.3-9.3-4.5. Paul is not the only player gone from last year's LA team, as so are double-digit scorers Redick (15.0) and Crawford (12.3) plus a solid frontcourt player in Speights (8.7 & 4.5). Supporting Griffin are guards Beverley (14.3) and Williams (13.0 & 4.3 APG) along with SF Gallinari (13.3 & 5.5). Griffin has scored at least 22 points in each of Los Angeles' first four games and leads the team in assists (4.5). That said, he is not the only star player left on the Clippers, as center DeAndre Jordan hauled in 18 rebounds for the second straight game on Thursday and checks in averaging 9.5 & 18.3.
The pick: The Pistons have faltered in games following their first two wins, as they've followed up a 12-point win at Charlotte with a four-point loss in Washington and then scoring 86 points in a loss to Philadelphia after last week's win in New York. Detroit had lost 11 consecutive games game in the series before a 108-97 home win back on Nov. 25, 2016. The Clippers are allowing a league-low 91.8 PPG but are averaging 116.0 PPG here at Staples Center, while the Pistons are scoring 111.0 PPG and allowing 111.0 PPG on the road in the early going. This game will be higher scoring than the posted total anticipates. Make the Over a 10* play.
Detroit: The only consistent theme this year so far for the Pistons is the team's inconsistency, as Detroit has alternated wins and losses through its first five games. However, the Pistons are arguably coming off their best performance of the season, a 122-101 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves this past Wednesday. Tobias Harris led the way with 34 points against the T-wloves and leads Detroit in scoring at 23.6 PPG (adds 5.4 RPG). The team also has three other double digit scorers in PG Jackson (15.2 & 6.2 APG), SG Bradley (14.6) and center Drummond (13.4 & 13.2).
LA Clippers: Los Angeles remains undefeated thanks to star forward Blake Griffin, who buried a last-second three-pointer in Thursday's 104-103 win at Portland. Griffin is settling nicely into his role as the team's undisputed leader, averaging 26.3-9.3-4.5. Paul is not the only player gone from last year's LA team, as so are double-digit scorers Redick (15.0) and Crawford (12.3) plus a solid frontcourt player in Speights (8.7 & 4.5). Supporting Griffin are guards Beverley (14.3) and Williams (13.0 & 4.3 APG) along with SF Gallinari (13.3 & 5.5). Griffin has scored at least 22 points in each of Los Angeles' first four games and leads the team in assists (4.5). That said, he is not the only star player left on the Clippers, as center DeAndre Jordan hauled in 18 rebounds for the second straight game on Thursday and checks in averaging 9.5 & 18.3.
The pick: The Pistons have faltered in games following their first two wins, as they've followed up a 12-point win at Charlotte with a four-point loss in Washington and then scoring 86 points in a loss to Philadelphia after last week's win in New York. Detroit had lost 11 consecutive games game in the series before a 108-97 home win back on Nov. 25, 2016. The Clippers are allowing a league-low 91.8 PPG but are averaging 116.0 PPG here at Staples Center, while the Pistons are scoring 111.0 PPG and allowing 111.0 PPG on the road in the early going. This game will be higher scoring than the posted total anticipates. Make the Over a 10* play.
