Detroit Pistons vs Miami Heat Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 14/03/2024, 13:26  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 15/03/2024 at 06:09 in NBA Predictions

The Detroit Pistons will be at home to welcome the reeling Miami Heat for their next NBA regular season matchup. They come to this game sitting second from bottom in the Eastern Conference while their visitors are eighth. The Pistons have won three times in their last four outings. This positive run has seen them relinquish the “worst record” tag to the Washington Wizards. Monty Williams’ men have now compiled a 12-53 record. They have won their last two games which have all had them as hosts. Detroit defeated the Raptors 113-104 last time out. Jalen Duren scored 24 points to power his team to the victory. It was the second successive game in which he had scored at least 20 points. Ausar Thompson missed the game due to illness and could be unavailable again here. The Pistons have averaged 117 points over their last three matches which is a five-point improvement from their season average.

The Miami Heat have hit a snug and are coming to this fixture having lost their last four games. Erik Spoelstra’s men had recovered perfectly after losing seven in a row in January and will hope to not drop back to that form. The Heat had lost just three times in 14 games before this slump. Their offence has taken a dip as well. Averaging 110.2 points for the season, Miami have scored on average 98.7 points in their last three matches. They were held to under 90 points last time out as they lost 100-88 at home to the Nuggets. This was their 30th loss of the season and led them to drop to a game outside the automatic playoff places. Tyler Herro, Kevin Love, and Josh Richardson all missed the game through injury and could end up being absent here also. The Heat have won the last four matchups with the Pistons with the recent win being a 118-100 home success earlier this month.