NBA Best Bets: Pacers vs. Pistons Picks for January 16
Published 11:39 pm Wednesday, January 15, 2025
The Indiana Pacers (22-19) visit the Detroit Pistons (21-19) after winning four straight road games. The Pacers are favored by just 1.5 points in the matchup, which tips at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
If you want to make an informed wager on Thursday’s game, check out the best bets on the board below (according to our computer predictions).
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Pacers vs. Pistons Game Info
- When: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan
- TV: FDSDET and FDSIN
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Pacers vs. Pistons Best Bets
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Tyrese Haliburton Over 18.5 PTS
- Thursday’s over/under for Tyrese Haliburton is 18.5 points. That’s 0.4 more than his season average of 18.1.
- Haliburton is 19-for-41 at going over his points prop total this season.
- The Pacers are the NBA’s 11th-ranked scoring squad (115.3 points per game), while the Pistons are 16th in points conceded (113.3 per game).
- Indiana has an 18-8 record when finishing with more points than 113.3.
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Cade Cunningham Over 26.5 PTS
- Cade Cunningham’s 24.5 points per game are two less than Thursday’s over/under.
- Cunningham has had a points prop in 38 games this season, and has hit the over 18 times.
- The 15th-ranked scoring NBA team (112.4 points per game) is Detroit, while Indiana ranks 21st in the league defensively (115.2 conceded per game).
- When scoring more points than 115.2, Detroit is 12-6.
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Pick ATS: Pistons (+ 1.5)
- Indiana is 20-21-0 against the spread this season.
- Detroit is 21-19-0 against the spread this year.
- The Pacers’ ATS record as 1.5-point favorites or more is 9-12.
- The Pistons’ ATS record as 1.5-point underdogs or more is 16-10.
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Pick OU:
Under (228.5)
- Pacers games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 228.5 points 26 times.
- The Pistons have played 19 games this season that finished with a combined score higher than 228.5 points.
- Indiana has an average total of 231.7 in its contests this year, 3.2 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- Detroit has had an average of 222.3 points scored in its games so far this season, 6.2 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
- The Pistons are the league’s 14th-highest scoring team this season compared to the seventh-ranked Pacers.
- The Pistons have surrendered the 16th-fewest points in the league this season, while the Pacers have given up the 26th-fewest.
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Moneyline Pick: Pistons (+105)
- The Pacers have been favorites in 21 games this season and won 12 (57.1%) of those contests.
- The Pistons have come away with 12 wins in the 26 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- Indiana has a record of 12-9, a 57.1% win rate, when it’s favored by -125 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This year, Detroit has won 11 of 25 games when listed as at least +105 or better on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Pacers have a 55.6% chance to win.
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