The Philadelphia 76ers (7-1) and Detroit Pistons (6-1), the top two teams in the Eastern Conference, face off Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET at Little Caesars Arena. The 76ers have won four straight, most recently a 126-107 victory over Chicago on Monday. The Pistons have won three straight, including a 124-91 win over Charlotte on Monday. Detroit has won six consecutive meetings against Philadelphia, including a 240-point combined total in their last matchup in Detroit on Oct. 25.
Detroit enters as a 2.5-point favorite with an over/under of 219.5 points. A projection model simulating the game 10,000 times projects 220 total points and recommends the Over. Both teams have shown high-scoring form, with the Over hitting in 11 of the last 16 meetings in Detroit. Pistons center Jalen Duren is out, while three 76ers players are forecast to reach 20 points and four Pistons starters are projected to exceed their scoring averages. The model also indicates one side of the spread hits in well over 50% of simulations.
