The Charlotte Hornets (7-25) are underdogs (+5.5) as they try to end an eight-game losing streak when they visit the Detroit Pistons (15-18) at 7:00 PM ET on Friday, January 3, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena. The matchup airs on FDSDET and FDSSE.

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Pistons vs. Hornets Game Info

• When: Friday, January 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
• Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan
• TV: FDSDET and FDSSE
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Pistons vs. Hornets Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Pistons (- 5.5)

• Against the spread, Detroit is 17-16-0 this season.
• Against the spread, Charlotte is 15-17-0 this year.
• The Pistons have covered every time (1-0) as a 5.5-point favorite or greater this season.
• Against the spread as 5.5-point underdogs or greater, the Hornets are 10-9.

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Pick OU:

Over (216.5)

• Pistons games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 216.5 points 22 times.
• The Hornets have played 16 games this season that have gone over 216.5 combined points scored.
• The average total in Detroit’s contests this year is 222.8, 6.3 more than this matchup’s over/under.
• Charlotte has a 222.4-point average over/under in its matchups this season, 5.9 more points than this game’s point total.
• The Pistons score the 16th-most points in the NBA this season, while the Hornets’ offense racks up the 29th-most.
• The Pistons are the NBA’s 19th-ranked scoring defense while the Hornets are the seventh-ranked.

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Moneyline Pick: Pistons (-250)

• This season, the Pistons have been favored 10 times and won five of those games.
• The Hornets have come away with six wins in the 29 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
• Detroit has not entered a game this season with shorter moneyline odds than -250.
• This season, Charlotte has come away with a win three times in 14 chances when named as an underdog of at least +195 or worse on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 71.4% chance of a victory for the Pistons.

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