Cavs vs. the weakest away team in the East!
The Cleveland Cavaliers welcome the second-to-last team in the East, the Detroit Pistons. The last two meetings with the basketballers from the Canadian border were lost from the point of view of the home side, but the only home game so far this season was again won by the Cavs.
Cleveland Cavaliers – statistics & current form
Head Coach J. B. Bickerstaff’s selection last faced Denver and against the Nuggets a narrow win was recorded after overtime. However, last night’s game took every ounce of strength.
Personnel wise it doesn’t look good in Ohio at the moment: With Jarrett Allen a powerful center is missing and how much his absence hurts the Cavaliers can be seen in the fact that the home side could only win two of the past five games without him. In addition, both victories came in overtime.
Detroit Pistons – statistics & current form
The Pistons will miss the playoffs again this season. Nothing new in Detroit, as the last participation of the three-time champion was already three years ago and in the review of the past twelve years, the jump to the postseason was managed only narrowly twice.
The Motown franchise is also particularly weak away from home: no team in the East has a lower winning percentage than Head Coach Dwane Casey’s team (22.2 percent). Furthermore, the first pick of the last draft in the person of Cade Cunningham has been missing lately.
But the in-form rookie was replaced by Saddiq Bey in the best possible way in the offense in the last game against Orlando: Small forward scored no less than 51 points! He has never scored more in a game in his entire career and his performance was ultimately decisive for the victory in the basement duel in the East at Magic.
Cleveland Cavaliers – Detroit Pistons tip
For the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons on 20/03/2022, the prediction includes more than 16.5 points by Saddiq Bey on the part of the guests. As described, the emergence of previously in-form Cade Cunningham is in jeopardy and even if he returns, he may not be back at 100 percent right away after his illness.
On top of that, Jerami Grant, another important scorer for the visitors, was missing, although he is now very likely to be back in the squad
Bey, on the other hand, set a new career-best with 51 points in the last game and has gained a lot of self-confidence, which is why another strong performance from him can be expected. In addition, the hosts contest a back-to-back and will be a bit tired in the defensive work.
