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Game Preview: Detroit Pistons at Portland Trail Blazerrs

By Dan Feldman - 9:06 pm | November 18th, 2009

Essentials

Date: Nov. 18, 2009

Time: 10:00 p.m.

Television: Fox Sports Detroit Plus

Records

Detroit: 5-5

Portland: 7-3

Probable starters

Detroit:

PG	SG	SF	PF	C

Rodney Stuckey	Ben Gordon	Jonas Jerebko	Charlie Villanueva	Ben Wallace

Portland:

PG	SG	SF	PF	C

Andre Miller	Steve Blake	Brandon Roy	LaMarcus Aldridge	Greg Oden

Las Vegas projection

Spread: Detroit +10.5

Over/under: 179

Score: Portland wins, 95-84

Statistical projection

Detroit offensive rating: 106.2 (16th)

Detroit defensive rating: 105.7 (16th)

Detroit pace: 87.8 (29th)

Portland offensive rating: 107.2 (14th)

Portland defensive rating: 99.0 (2nd)

Portland pace: 88.2 (28th)

Score: Portland wins, 94-90

Outlook

Most of my thoughts on this game are covered in my review of last night’s loss to the Lakers. Simply, Detroit can’t handle this road trip right now – not with Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince still out, the growing pains of a revamped roster and the tough competition.

But here are a couple other points for tonight’s game.

Why the Pistons might have a chance: Portland is 28th in pace. The Pistons are 3-0 in their three slowest games this year. They’re 1-5 in their six slowest.

Why the Pistons don’t have a chance: As noted by Henry Abbott today, the numbers show Portland is really, really good. John Hollinger’s rankings show it, and so does David Berri’s analysis.

The Pistons are also 0-3 in the second game of back-to-backs, which tonight will be. The Trail Blazers, on the other hand, didn’t play yesterday.

And like the Lakers last night, Portland is coming off a loss and will be hungry.

Yeah, I’d say the reasons the Pistons are toast outweigh the reasons they’re not.

I’ll be chatting during the game at Daily Dime Live. It’s always fun to do, so check it out.

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