NBA Vegas Odds for Pistons vs Heat, Prediction & Pick

The Miami Heat are playing their best basketball of the season and they have no right losing at home on Tuesday night to the struggling Detroit Pistons, who are the worst team in the NBA. The Heat are heavy favorites on the NBA odds.

2024 NBA Expert Analysis Detroit vs Miami | MyBookie Sportsbook NBA Week 19

How to Bet Pistons at Heat NBA Odds & TV Info

Where: Kaseya Center
TV: NBA League Pass
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Why Bet on Detroit Pistons?

Detroit lost for the eighth time in nine games Sunday, 113-91 in Orlando, which led 59-50 after a first half in which Markelle Fultz scored 10 straight Magic points over a four-minute stretch. Paolo Banchero scored 11 points during a 20-3 run that expanded the lead to 26 points early in the second half. The Magic shot 59.7% to Detroit’s 38.4% and had a 48-28 rebounding advantage.

“We’ve played against physical teams all year and we’ve handled it better than we did tonight,” Pistons coach Monty Williams said. “To their credit, their defense was really physical. Did we get fouled some? Yeah, but the physical teams that are consistently putting forth that identity typically get the benefit of the doubt. So I didn’t think we handled that well at all. We spent too much time talking to the referees.”

Cade Cunningham played just 23 minutes in the blowout loss and had nine points and seven assists. Only one of the Pistons’ five starters exceeded 30 minutes on Sunday in Ausar Thompson. Cunningham’s 23 minutes are the fewest he’s played in a game since January 7 against Denver, and that was a game he exited prematurely due to injury. No Pistons starter had more than 11 points.

Thompson ranks second in steals and fourth in blocked shots among NBA rookies. His 63 steals ranks behind only Victor Wembanyama’s 71 and his 55 blocks trails only rim-protecting centers Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren and Derrick Lively. Thompson ranks third among NBA rookies with 384 rebounds and first with 123 offensive rebounds.

Williams has begun to stagger the minutes of Cunningham and guard Jaden Ivey to get away from heavy all-bench minutes. Marcus Sasser returned to the lineup ahead of schedule on Sunday after missing four games with a minor knee injury. There will be further experimentation over the season’s final six weeks, including getting long glimpses of newcomers Fontecchio and Quentin Grimes as mainstays of the second unit. Grimes missed Sunday’s game with a knee injury.

Week 19 Vegas Picks NBA Odds Subject to Change	SPREAD	MONEYLINE	TOTAL
Miami	-11.5	-650	O 217.5
Detroit	+11.5	+450	U 217.5

Why Bet on Miami Heat?

Miami comes off a 126-120 home win over Utah on Saturday. The Heat were again without Tyler Herro, who missed his fourth consecutive game; the knee issue that had kept him out is no longer a factor, but now he is sidelined with right foot tendonitis. Kevin Love was also out with a bruised right heel. Both are iffy for Tuesday.

Center Bam Adebayo exited the game at one point in the third quarter to get an apparent hip injury checked out, but he was able to return to the contest and wasn’t overly affected from a minutes standpoint. Adebayo is just one double-figure scoring game short from tying Chris Bosh (351) for fourth place on Miami’s all-time list.

Caleb Martin provided a boost off the bench with 18 points, five rebounds and four assists. Martin came off the bench for a third straight game, with Nikola Jovic once again getting the starting nod at power forward. Despite the demotion, Martin has been productive as a reserve.