Detroit Pistons 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
The Detroit Pistons have been in the dark ages of the franchise’s history for the past decade, but it appears that the worst is now over. Since 2010, the Detroit Pistons have only two playoff appearances with the last one in 2019. Detroit has not had a win percentage above .303 in the past five seasons. Last year was rock bottom for Detroit, and they finished 14-68 with a .171 win percentage. Following the disaster, general manager Troy Weaver and head coach Monty Williams were fired. At the approach of the All-Star break, Detroit is in the thick of the NBA Playoff race.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Detroit Pistons NBA Betting Lines
As the All-Star break approaches, the Detroit Pistons are 25-25 straight up, 25-24-1 against the spread, and 27-23 over/under the total. Detroit is 6th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Detroit is 15 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Detroit has NBA metrics of 15th for scoring offense, 14th for field goal percentage, 14th for 3-point field goal percentage, 24th for free throw percentage, and 18th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Pistons have NBA metrics of 17th for scoring defense, 17th for field goal percentage permitted, 26th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 3rd for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
PG Cade Cunningham averaged 22.7 points and 7.5 assists per contest last year. Cunningham was an NBA All-Rookie first-teamer in 2022. He was the 1st overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft out of Oklahoma State by Detroit. It was the best season of his career. He is a first-time NBA All-Star in 2025. This season, he is averaging 25.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 9.4 assists per game. In 2023-24, PG Jaden Ivey averaged 13.8 points per game. Ivey was the 5th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Purdue by the Pistons. He has been out with lower leg issues, and his return timeline is not determined yet. C Jalen Duren averaged 13.9 points and 11.6 rebounds per game in 2023-24. Duren was the 13th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Memphis by the Charlotte Hornets. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie second team. This year, Duren is averaging 10.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.
Head Coach
Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach JB Bickerstaff takes over after two playoff campaigns there. He was instrumental in taking Cleveland out of the abyss and into a serious contender. In his final three seasons, he went 44-38, 51-31, and 48-34. Now, he is working his turnaround magic in Detroit.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
14 |
68 |
5th, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
17 |
65 |
5th, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
23 |
59 |
5th, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
20 |
52 |
5th, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2019–20 |
66 |
20 |
46 |
4th, Central |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
41 |
41 |
3rd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Bucks) |
Detroit Pistons History
Detroit is one of the oldest NBA franchises. The Pistons were founded as the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1948, and they spent one season in the BAA before joining the NBA. They made a watered-down playoff in each of their first 14 seasons in the NBA, but they only made it to the NBA Finals twice, and they lost in both of those attempts to win a title.
Their most successful period came in the 1980s when they were the Bad Boys of the NBA. Detroit made it to the NBA Finals three straight years, and the Pistons won back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990. Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, and Bill Laimbeer played a gritty game that didn’t win them many friends, but it did lead to Detroit sitting on top of the basketball world.
They were also one of the top teams in the NBA during the mid-2000s. Detroit stunned the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Finals, and the Pistons made it to at least the Eastern Conference Finals for five straight years. There wasn’t a superstar on those teams, just a talented collection of five players who had great chemistry with Ben Wallace, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, and Chauncey Billups.
NBA Teams
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Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
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