Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons Prediction and Betting Pick. Cleveland Cavaliers host Detroit Pistons as -12.5 favorites with a 202.5 line at 7.00 PM ET on Monday, April 13 2015. Cleveland won two of last three meetings. The most recent meeting was in Detroit in late February and the Cavaliers won 93-102, covering the -6.5 spread as the game went under 205.5.
Andre Drummond posted five straight double-doubles for Pistons
Cleveland Cavaliers suffered two ugly defeats after the decision was made to rest LeBron James a bit. Apparently, without him on the court this team would have a good chance of winning the first round draft pick because they’d be down in the gutter with Philadelphia and the like. Expect the Cavs to keep resting LeBron or at least limiting his minutes. He didn’t play at all in the 78-117 defeat to Celtics yesterday.
Detroit Pistons are building their team for the next season, and they’re doing pretty well. Despite not having a chance to make it to the playoffs, they have won five of their last ten games and have looked good on the court.
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Cleveland Record: 51-29 (29-10 Home)
Cleveland ATS: 38-42 (20-19 Home)
Cleveland Last 10: 7-3 (3-7 ATS)
Detroit Record: 31-49 (13-26 Road)
Detroit ATS: 41-39 (21-18 Road)
Detroit Last 10: 5-5 (7-3 ATS)
Cleveland and Detroit Team News
Expect Cleveland to rest their starters again as they want the bench to get involved, as they know they’ll need these players to step up in the playoffs. That’s more important than winning right now. Anderson Varejao is out for a long time now, and Kyrie Irving will be back after missing one game. Detroit are still without Brandon Jennings and Spencer Dinwiddie.
Cavaliers vs Pistons Lineups
Cavaliers: Tristan Thompson, Shawn Marion, Timofey Mozgov, Iman Shumpert, Matthew Dellavedova.
Pistons: Caron Butler, Greg Monroe, Andre Drummond, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Reggie Jackson.
Detroit at Cleveland
7:00 PM ET, Monday, April 13, 2015
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons Prediction. Since the Cavs will rest their starters and Detroit are playing well lately, the line is all wrong and it’s the Pistons who should be favorites here. Even if they don’t manage to actually win the game they’ll at least comfortably cover the spread. Cavaliers vs Pistons Betting Pick: Pistons +12.5. Cavaliers vs Pistons Predicted Score: 93-102
