NBA betting on Friday includes a matchup in Detroit between the Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks. Detroit is a heavy favorite in pro basketball betting odds for this game. NBA stats and trends definitely favor Detroit in this game. The Bucks are playing the last game of a four-game road trip according to the pro basketball betting schedule. They are also in the first of a back-to-back according to the NBA schedule, as they are home against Cleveland tomorrow night. What makes this spot even tougher for Milwaukee against the basketball betting line is that they just don’t win very often against the Pistons.
Detroit is 8-2 straight up and 6-4 against the NBA betting pointspread in the last ten meetings between the two teams. At Detroit, the Pistons are 4-1 straight up and 3-2 against the NBA number in the last five meetings. Last season the teams met four times and the Pistons won three of the four including both games in Detroit according to pro basketball betting stats. The Pistons won 127-100 and 114-69 at home according to NBA results. The latter game was the only time in the last five meetings between the two teams that they have gone under the pro basketball betting total. In fact, 7 of the last 10 meetings between the two teams have gone over the NBA total.