NBA Preseason Odds & Picks: Cavaliers vs. Pistons (Wednesday)
The 2024-25 NBA regular season is nearly here. What better way to get ready for the NBA regular season than to start your sports betting during the NBA preseason? That’s right, you can bet on the NBA preseason! Sure, there will be more opportunities to bet on the NBA regular season, but check out the new names and faces of the 2024-25 NBA season and help keep things interesting by placing some bets on the NBA preseason. We’ll guide you through the NBA preseason with picks and predictions for each and every game. Here are all of our top NBA preseason picks and predictions for today’s games! And below we dive into our top picks and predictions for today’s NBA preseason game Cavaliers vs. Pistons.
2024 NBA Preseason Picks & Predictions: Cavaliers vs. Pistons
Check out our top NBA preseason picks and predictions for today’s game.
Cavaliers vs. Pistons
Detroit returns from a West Coast trip to take on the Cavaliers in what will be the final tune-up for the Pistons before the regular season commences next week. They host a Cleveland team that has yet to win a single preseason game. However it’s been six days since their last contest, one in which a majority of the starters didn’t play. There’s a good chance we see the starters get some run for Cleveland on Wednesday. For Detroit, their starters logged big minutes on the mini road trip and with this being the last game before the regular season it wouldn’t surprise anyone if they got a little rest. The numbers seem to indicate that may be the case too. With so much uncertainty in the lineup it’s hard to focus on a side here. Instead I’m looking at a total. This will be Detroit HC JB Bickerstaff’s first game against the Cavaliers since he was let go by the franchise. There is some extra motivation here for him but it will likely bear out with him trying to establish the style he wants his team to play with. This means tough defense. Detroit has gone to the under in each game they’ve played this preseason and yet this total is still sitting in the 220s. Both they and Cleveland are defensive-minded teams, and with the added motivation on the Detroit bench, this could turn into a real defensive battle.
Pick: Under 224.5 (-110)
-Ryan Rodeman