NBA LONG SHEET
DETROIT (67 - 27) at BOSTON (75 - 22)
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 5-17 ATS (-13.7 Units) in road games after scoring 85 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 21-38 ATS (-20.8 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
BOSTON is 59-37 ATS (+18.3 Units) in all games this season.
BOSTON is 48-30 ATS (+15.0 Units) as a favorite this season.
BOSTON is 31-18 ATS (+11.2 Units) in home games this season.
DETROIT is 54-40 ATS (+10.0 Units) in all games this season.
DETROIT is 55-40 ATS (+11.0 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) after 3 or more consecutive unders this season.
DETROIT is 26-17 ATS (+7.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
BOSTON is 39-66 ATS (-33.6 Units) in home games versus good defensive teams - allowing <=91 points/game since 1996.
Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 7-4 against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 8-3 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
9 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NBA SHORT SHEET
Eastern Conference Finals
Game One
Boston Leads, 1-0
Detroit at Boston, 8:35 ET
Detroit:
1-12 ATS in Conference Finals
6-14 AWAY failing to cover 2 of their last 3
Boston:
38-20 ATS after a cover
29-14 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points
Trend Sheet
8:30 PM DETROIT vs. BOSTON
Detroit is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Boston is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games
Tips and Trends
Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics
Pistons: A big concern for Detroit after Game 1 is the team's defense. The Pistons allowed the Celtics to shoot 52 percent the field, with Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett combining for 48 points and 10 assists. Part of this problem falls on the shoulders of point guard Chauncey Billups, who admitted he likely won't be 100 percent again until the offseason when his injured hamstring can fully heal. Billups is responsible for slowing Boston's Rajon Rondo, who definitely got the best of him in Game 1. Im not really worried about our offense, Pistons reserve point guard Lindsey Hunter said. We can manufacture enough points to win games. But defensively, we cannot have the type of breakdowns we had tonight. Just too many blown assignments, too many miscommunications.
Road team is 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
Pistons are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games overall.
The UNDER is 13-3 in Detroit's last 16 road games.
Key Injuries - NONE
PROJECTED SCORE: 84
Celtics (-3.5, O/U 172): With the burden of knowing they have yet to win a road game this postseason, the Celtics face even greater pressure to win Game 2 at home for a 2-0 series lead heading into Detroit. "Oh, definitely we feel that way," Boston's Paul Pierce said. "Even if we had won road games, we would have felt that either way. But it becomes even more important because we haven?t won a road game." However, they also haven't given up on winning away from home. "I still got trust in us," Celtics C Kendrick Perkins said. "I think we can get it done. The last few games on the road weve been so close as far as competing. Our defense has been great; we just havent been able to make baskets, but itll come."
Celtics are 12-3 SU & ATS in their last 15 home games.
The UNDER is 17-7 in Boston's last 24 games vs. Central Division.
The UNDER is 8-1 in the last 9 meetings.
Key Injuries - NONE
PROJECTED SCORE: 88