Detroit Pistons 2024 NBA Championship Odds
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise that has become an utter catastrophe. Since finishing with a .303-win percentage in 2019-20, Detroit has only gotten worse. As the All-Star break approached, they were on pace for one of the worst seasons in NBA history. Once upon a time, the Pistons were a consistent championship contender. That made the playoffs every season from 2022 through 2009, winning the 2004 NBA championship. From 2002 through 2008, Detroit made the Eastern Conference Finals every season. Now, Detroit is in the dark ages, with casual gamblers avoiding them at all costs. Yet, as bad as Detroit is, the fact that squares avoid them allows for better wagering value than expected.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Detroit Pistons NBA Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the Detroit Pistons are 6-43 straight up, 24-25 against the spread, and 29-19-1 over/under the total. Late on Detroit has covered nine out of their last 11 games. While the Pistons have gone under the total in five of its previous seven matchups. Detroit is 15th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Detroit is 31.5 games behind the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Detroit has NBA metrics of 23rd for scoring offense, 17th for field goal percentage, 23rd for 3-point field goal percentage, 19th for free throw percentage, and 19th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Pistons have NBA metrics of 27th for scoring defense, 26th for field goal percentage permitted, 24th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 10th for defensive rebounding.
Detroit Pistons Key Players
PG Cade Cunningham leads Detroit with 22.4 points and 7.5 assists per contest. Cunningham was an NBA All-Rookie first-teamer in 2022. He was the 1st overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft out of Oklahoma State by Detroit. So far, Cunningham is on pace for the best season of his career.
PF Bojan Bogdanovic is averaging 20.2 points per game. Bogdanovic was a second-round pick in the 2011 NBA Draft out of the European leagues by the Miami Heat. He is age 34 and winding down a productive NBA career, where he made his name with the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz.
PG Jaden Ivey is averaging 14.7 points per game. Ivey was the 5th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Purdue by the Pistons.
C Jalen Duren is averaging 13.9 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. Duren was the 13th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Memphis by the Charlotte Hornets. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie second team.
Detroit Pistons Head Coach
Head coach Monty Williams played in the NBA from 1994 through 2003. He was the 2022 NBA Coach of the Year for the Phoenix Suns, who he took to the 2021 NBA Finals. Williams previously was head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans and Suns. He led the Suns to the playoffs in his final three campaigns.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
17 |
65 |
5th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
23 |
59 |
5th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
20 |
52 |
5th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
66 |
20 |
46 |
4th, Central |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
41 |
41 |
3rd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Bucks) |
Detroit Pistons History
Detroit is one of the oldest NBA franchises. The Pistons were founded as the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1948, and they spent one season in the BAA before joining the NBA. They made a watered-down playoff in each of their first 14 seasons in the NBA, but they only made it to the NBA Finals twice, and they lost in both of those attempts to win a title.
Their most successful period came in the 1980s when they were the Bad Boys of the NBA. Detroit made it to the NBA Finals three straight years, and the Pistons won back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990. Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, and Bill Laimbeer played a gritty game that didn’t win them many friends, but it did lead to Detroit sitting on top of the basketball world.
They were also one of the top teams in the NBA during the mid-2000s. Detroit stunned the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Finals, and the Pistons made it to at least the Eastern Conference Finals for five straight years. There wasn’t a superstar on those teams, just a talented collection of five players that had great chemistry in Ben Wallace, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, and Chauncey Billups.
NBA Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
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