5/11 NBA Basketball Detroit Pistons at Orlando Magic 5:05 pm

[hurricane]

Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic

BEFORE U BET KNOW BILLUPS MIGHT NOT PLAY IN THIS GAME ... HE IS QUESTIONABLE WITH A BAD HAMSTRING ... DONT WANT ANYONE GETTING SCREWED HERE


- The fans at Amway Arena will be treated to a playoff game between the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic when they take their seats on Saturday.

Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 5½-point favorites versus the Pistons, while the game's total is sitting at 188.

The Magic got back into their series on Wednesday, as they ran past the Pistons 111-86 in Game 3 and now trail just 2-1 in the best-of-seven set.

The Magic easily covered the 5-point spread, while the 197 points sailed OVER the posted total of 186.5.

Rashard Lewis led the way with a game-high 33 points, six rebounds and five assists. Dwight Howard chipped in with 20 points for the Magic.

Tayshaun Prince shot 8-for-14 from the field with 22 points and seven rebounds in the loss for Detroit.

Team records:
Detroit: 59-23 SU, 46-35-1 ATS
Orlando: 52-30 SU, 51-29-2 ATS

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 9-1
Before playing Orlando are 9-1
After playing Orlando are 8-2
After a loss are 8-2

Orlando most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Detroit are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Detroit is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games on the road
Orlando is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Orlando is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Orlando's last 8 games when playing Detroit

 

[puddlemonkey]

in

 

[hurricane]

spread just went up to 6 .. fuck that i aint doin that changin spread stuff ..

 

[puddlemonkey]

You should just be happy I'm only gonna rape you for 3k and not 200k.

 

[gjohnson5]

Stuckey will make a good replacement , but I think it's alot about nothing.

 

[hurricane]

BREAKING NEWS BILLUPS IS OUT AND DEFF NOT PLAYING
Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups won't play in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Orlando Magic on Saturday.

Pistons coach Flip Saunders says Billups wouldn't be effective because of a sore hamstring. The All-Star strained it on Thursday after getting tied up under the basket with an Orlando player.

With Billups out, the Pistons are activating guards Lindsey Hunter and Juan Dixon. Rookie Rodney Stuckey was effective in Game 3 and is expected to start in place of Billups, who is third in career playoff scoring for the franchise.

 

[gjohnson5]

Orlando is at home and home court advantage will be the difference. I don't believe a healthy Chuncey would make any difference

 

[hurricane]

orlando is ownin them .. i think if billups was in there .. pistons had a great chance to win this game

 

[gjohnson5]

I figured Billups wouldn't make a difference. I didn't think that would mean that Detroit woulld win... Well atelast they seem to be close to winning

 

[hurricane]

detroit steped up big in the 2nd half .. they were down 15 .. series is all but over now