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Pistons at Cavaliers Pick and PreviewDetroit Pistons (27-24) at Cleveland Cavaliers (40-11) – Sunday, Feb. 22 - 8 p.m. Eastern - ESPN The Cleveland Cavaliers will be out to show that their two-game slide just before the NBA All-Star break was simply a brief hiccup in a strong regular season and not a sign of problems to come in the second half of the campaign.Detroit, meanwhile, is simply hoping to stop a steep slide that has been going on for more than a month. Before Sunday's game against Detroit, Cleveland will face a pair of road games, Wednesday at Toronto and Friday at Milwaukee. Detroit has a pair of home games, Tuesday against Milwaukee and Thursday against San Antonio on TNT, before traveling to Cleveland to start a five-game road trip. ESPN will broadcast Sunday's Pistons-Cavaliers game at 8 p.m. Eastern. Season Results:Before losing back-to-back games to the Los Angeles Lakers and at Indiana last week, Cleveland had won eight of nine games. Those two games marked Cleveland's first two-game losing streak of the season. The Cavs did manage to beat Phoenix, 109-92, just before the All-Star break. GET THE BEST LINES AT DIAMOND SPORTSBOOK TO PLACE A BET ON THE DETROIT/CLEVELAND GAME Cleveland's recent struggles are nothing compared to what Detroit has experienced of late, though. Since moving to a season-high 10 games over .500 on Jan. 4, the Pistons lost 13 of their next 19 games prior to the All-Star break. Entering this week, Detroit has lost three straight games, 107-97 at home against Phoenix, 107-102 at Chicago, and 99-95 at home against Atlanta.Detroit's slide has left the Pistons 13 games behind Cleveland in the Central Division. On Jan. 4, the Pistons only trailed Cleveland by 5.5 games. Adding to the problems for the Pistons entering the Detroit-Cleveland game is the fact that the Cavaliers are 24-1 at home this season. Cleveland has won both previous Pistons-Cavaliers games this season. Cleveland won 96-89 at Detroit Nov. 19 and 90-80 at Detroit Feb. 1. In the Pistons-Cavaliers game a few weeks ago, Cleveland overcame an 8-point, fourth-quarter deficit. LeBron James led all scorers with 33 points, and he had eight assists. Allen Iverson led Detroit with 22 points. Detroit and Cleveland will meet again in Cleveland March 31. Point Spread Records:Entering this week, Detroit is 2-8 ATS over its last 10 games. The Pistons have managed to win three of their past four road games ATS. Cleveland is 5-5 ATS over its last 10 games, entering this week's games. At home, the Cavaliers have won seven of their last nine games ATS. Over the entire season, Cleveland owns the second-best record ATS in the NBA, at 33-18. Detroit, meanwhile, owns the third-worst record ATS in the league on the season as a while, at 20-31. Cleveland has won both games ATS against Detroit this season. In the Feb. 1 Pistons-Cavaliers game, Cleveland was a 4.5-point road favorite. Detroit was a 2.5-point favorite in the first Pistons-Cavaliers meeting Nov. 19. Last season, Detroit and Cleveland split two games in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 89-73 as a 1.5-point favorite, while Detroit won the final game of the regular season in Cleveland, 84-74. Detroit was an 8.5-point favorite in that game, as both teams rested stars before the playoffs. |
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