NBA Betting Odds: Warriors Should Have No Problem With Ailing Pistons

We are at the stage in the NBA season where the good teams really start to separate from the bad, as the final fight for those invaluable playoff spots becomes more intense. There are teams, such as the Indiana Pacers, who seem up for the fight, while others, like the Detroit Pistons, seem ready to pack up and go home for the year. Here’s what the NBA betting odds should look like for this match. Time: Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. ET Venue: Oracle Arena, Oakland National TV: none Opening line: Golden State -14.5 (207.5)

NBA Betting Odds Analysis and Game Preview

The Pistons are sinking like a stone in the Eastern Conference, having dropped 6 straight games and 7 of their last 10. As if that weren’t bad enough, 6 of their next 8 games come on the road, starting with a pair of back to back games in California versus the Lakers and the Golden State Warriors. While the Lakers may represent an opportunity to get off the losing skid, the same cannot be said for the match-up against the Warriors on Wednesday night. The Pistons have only won 2 of their last 10 road games, so this next stretch may well be what makes their chances of making the postseason a mathematical impossibility. They are currently 5 games out of that final spot, but it may as well be 50 with the way they are playing right now. It is that Wednesday night game versus Golden State that the Pistons must be looking at with a combination of fear and dread. The Warriors, and their 109.8 PPG average, have been scary good on offense this year, which does not bode well for an opponent in the middle of the pack defensively as the Pistons are. Stephen Curry has been posting MVP type numbers all year, and is currently sitting with a 23.8 PPG average. Curry is coming off a 36 point performance versus the Phoenix Suns, helping lead his team to their 4th straight win and their 6th in the last 7 outings. That winwas also notable because it was the 50th win on the season for Golden State, a number that is the same as what the Eastern Conference leading Atlanta Hawks are sitting on at the moment. While the Hawks have a much larger lead in their conference, it still looks as though they and the Warriors will be the number one teams heading into postseason play.

Key Betting Trends

Golden State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games Golden State is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Golden State’s last 7 games Detroit is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Detroit’s last 10 games

What Should You Bet On?

These two teams did meet earlier in the year, and it was the Warriors who came away with a comfortable 104-93 win on the road. I expect this one to be even easier for them, with a win in the 15-20 point range not out of the question.