The Detroit Pistons (2-8, 2-3 Home) will be looking to end their losing run when they welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder (4-5, 1-3 Away) on Monday. Oklahoma City lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 108-94 at Fiserv Forum on Saturday.
With 18 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the scoring leader in the loss. Ousmane Dieng chipped in with 8 points. The Thunder are the 10th seed in the Western Conference. Detroit lost their third in a row in blowout fashion on Friday at Little Caesars Arena, falling to the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-88.
Cade Cunningham led the team in scoring in defeat with 19 points. With 18 points, Saddiq Bey also had a strong game. The Pistons are 15th in the Eastern Conference. This is the first meeting of the season between the teams. Oklahoma City and Detroit split their matchups last season, each team winning one game.
The Pistons earned the win in the last meeting 110-101 at Paycom Center on April 1. Killian Hayes led the Pistons with 26 points, eight assists, seven rebounds, and five steals. Theo Maledon had 28 points, six rebounds, and six assists in the loss.
Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 30.5 points per game, seventh-highest in the league, to lead the Thunder in scoring this season. Gilgeous-Alexander also has dished 5.9 assists per game. Meanwhile, Josh Giddey is grabbing 5.5 rebounds.
Cunningham (21.4 ppg) and Bojan Bogdanovic (20.2) have powered the Pistons’ offense. Cunningham also has recorded 6.3 assists per game. Isaiah Stewart has averaged 9.7 rebounds per game. The Thunder are 4-1 in five visits to Little Caesars Arena. Detroit has a 2-8 record over the last 10, allowing 118.9 points per game on average while scoring only 107.3 (-11.6 margin).
PISTONS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Jalen Duren: 9.0 | 14.3 | -5.3
Rebounds per game:
Jalen Duren: 3.5 | 6.7 | -3.2
Assists per game:
Jaden Ivey: 1.6 | 3.3 | -1.7
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Ivey over 3.5 Assists (+100)
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