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NBA Wednesday: Detroit Pistons vs Phoenix Suns - Free Preview

AccuScore played out Wednesday's contest 10,000 times to derive statistical data and make predictions, as it does for every NBA game throughout the season.

The Detroit Pistons are heavy 76.2 percent favorites over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. One reason for this is that the Suns are shooting 44.6 percent from the field, while the Pistons are forecasted to shoot 47.4 percent. The rebounding battle is pretty even with Phoenix projected for 45.9 rebounds vs. 47.4 for Detroit. At the same time in predictions the Pistons are committing fewer turnovers at 12.7 compared to 15 for Phoenix. The Pistons also have a slight edge when we check shooting from distance. The Suns are making 7.5 three pointers on 33 percent, but the Pistons make 10.1 three pointers on 39.3 percent. That's a notable difference.

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Sportsbooks and handicappers have set the line at DET -12 with TOTAL 217. Accuscore predictions show that there is 62.2% chance for Phoenix to cover 12 points handicap. Actually, the line should be -8 based on AccuScore's simulation analysis. In terms of Totals, the UNDER is the occurred in 57% of simulations.

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Notable NBA Trends: 100 unit wager per pick:
Totals: +3560
Side value: +1581

The side value for this game is on Phoenix, so that should be the moneyline bet, even though they are predicted to be underdogs with only a 24% win probability. Detroit Pistons games when betting UNDER have been a solid trend, as 13 has been correct compared to 6 wrong since start of the season. That's a return of +583.