Tonight the Lakers( 4-3) are hosting the Detroit Pistons ( 6-2) . The Pistons are the underdog at +3 1/2 . I have the Pistons to take this one.

The Pistons are coming off a win against Golden State overcoming a huge 22 point deficit The Pistons won without the help of currently Injured Billups and McDyess. It is a very unfortunate loss for the Detroit Pistons but the good news is that they still have an amazing arsenal of shooters and defenders. Five players on the Pistons scored in double figures in their last game. Rasheed Wallace is coming off a good game with 22 points and 9 rebounds. Also finishing with 22 points talented Taishon Prince and Richard Hamilton , not to mention Flip Murrays 15 points and a career high of 12 assists!. I don't feel that the Lakers will match up well against the Pistons strong defensive/offensive combination.

Now lets take at the Lakers starters. Of course theres the amazing talent of Kobe Bryant , who is averaging 28.6 points per game . Despite him being an excellent player , I have noticed that ever since these trade rumors started and all this talk of him not wanting to be on the Lakers anymore he really is not playing the same way he did in the last few seasons . Dont get me wrong he is an excellent shooter on the Lakers but he just isn't carrying his team the way he used to . In the Center position the Lakers have the young talent of Andrew Bynum , who despite his good start to the season still remains a question mark . Also on the Lakers is the talent of injury prone Lamar Odom who recently hurt his finger. I like Odom but seriously can the guy avoid injury for one day? I dont feel that the Lakers have a significant 1-2 punch the way the Pistons do.

The Lakers are ranked 22nd in points allowed (allowing 101.4) this is a sign of poor defense. Speaking of defense the Pistons have held Kobe Bryant to an average of 18.5 points in two meetings with Detroit last season.

The Pistons have got to be feeling pumped up after the way they played in their last game. That factored in with the fact that they want to continue to prove to the Western conference teams that they still remain to be a dominate contender in this early season.

Pistons +3 1/2 ... You can bet on it

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Odds : 1.91
Stake : 7 / 10
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