Game Preview: Detroit Pistons at Toronto Raptors
By Dan Feldman
Essentials
Date: Nov. 8, 2009
Time: 1 p.m.
Television: Fox Sports Detroit
Records
Detroit: 2-4
Philadelphia: 3-2
Probable starters
Detroit:
PG |
SG
SF
PF
C
Rodney
Stuckey
Ben
Gordon
Jonas
Jerebko
Charlie
Villanueva
Ben
Wallace
Philadelphia:
Louis
WilliamsAndre
IguodalaThaddeus
YoungElton
BrandSamuel
Dalembert
Las Vegas projection
Spread: Detroit –1.5
Over/under: 192
Score: Detroit wins, 97-95
Statistical projection
Detroit offensive rating: 104.1 (20th)
Detroit defensive rating: 105.9 (15th)
Detroit pace: 88.3 (30th)
Philadelphia offensive rating: 107.3 (13th)
Philadelphia defensive rating: 110.4 (24th)
Score: Detroit wins, 98-97
Outlook
The Pistons’ injury problems haven’t let up yet.
Richard Hamilton will miss the game, and Tayshaun Prince is out indefinitely, according to Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press.
Any win the Pistons can salvage without them is really a bonus. I think it’s mostly just a matter of biding time until their return.