Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons meet at Kaseya Center in Miami.
Coming into the Season
Miami Heat finished last season 43-39, placing 10th in the Eastern Conference and reaching the play-in before missing the playoffs. In the pre-season, Miami went 3-2 across five games, including a 129-105 win over Toronto Raptors. This season, the Heat have one loss after one game, with their most recent game ending in a 131-106 loss to Minnesota Timberwolves.
Detroit Pistons finished last season with 60 wins and 22 losses, placing first in the Eastern Conference before reaching the playoffs and exiting in the conference semifinals against Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pistons went 3-1 across four pre-season games, including a 109-107 pre-season win over Phoenix Suns. This season, Detroit has one win from one game after a 121-113 victory over Boston Celtics in its most recent game.
Head-to-Head Record
Miami Heat won last season's series 2-1 over Detroit Pistons. Their most recent meeting was a 121-110 Miami Heat victory over Detroit Pistons at Miami.
Key Players
Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo appeared in 72 games last season and averaged 20.1 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 32.3 minutes, with a 7.4 rating. Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his figures for Milwaukee Bucks across 36 games, averaging 27.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 0.9 steals in 28.9 minutes, with a 7.9 rating. Andrew Wiggins played 67 games, averaging 15.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 steals in 30.3 minutes, with a 7.0 rating.
Detroit Pistons' Cade Cunningham played 64 games last season, averaging 23.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 33.9 minutes, with a 7.8 rating. Jalen Duren appeared in 70 games and averaged 19.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.8 steals in 28.2 minutes, with a 7.5 rating. Ausar Thompson played 73 games, averaging 9.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.0 steals in 25.9 minutes, with a 6.8 rating.
Injury Report
As reported at the time of writing, no absences have been reported for Miami Heat.
No absences have been reported for Detroit Pistons.
Betting Insights
The average across five regular-season meetings was 242.4 combined points.
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