The Toronto Raptors are hoping to earn their seventh win in eight games with a visit to the 15-45 Detroit Pistons.
The pregame narrative: The Raptors are rolling right now while the exact opposite could be said for the Pistons. With two scoring offences that are in the bottom third of the NBA, the under seems like a logical play and Detroit is particularly unlikely to put up a massive point total.
Here are our best Raptors vs. Pistons same-game parlay picks for February 25.
NBA odds as of 9:5 a.m. on 2/25/223.
Raptors vs. Pistons same-game parlay
Parlay: Raptors moneyline + Under 23 points + Pistons under 11.5 (+135)
Raptors moneyline (-265) : Although Toronto doesn’t have a strong road record, we’re willing to back them in the arena of one of the NBA’s bottom feeders.
Not only does Detroit win just a quarter of its games overall, but it doesn’t seem to extract much value from playing at home with a .276 winning percentage at Little Caesars Arena.
The Pistons have also been lost recently, winning just one of their last seven games, with that victory coming against the 14-46 San Antonio Spurs. Meanwhile, the Raptors are 6-1 over their last seven — the second-best record in the NBA during that time.
The addition of Jakob Poeltl appears to have done the team a world of good as they have yet to lose one of his starts, and he’s been the best player on the court in his last two outings producing 51 points and 27 rebounds.
Other parlay picks
Under 23 points (-139) : These teams cleared this teased-up over the last time they met, but we’d rather be backing defence in this matchup. Toronto and Detroit are both in the bottom third of the NBA in point scoring, averaging a collective 222.5 points per game.
Thanks to the Raptors’ solid defence they concede a similar 222.3 points. Unders have been extremely common in Pistons games in particular lately as Detroit has only hit three overs in its last 1 games.
There are also a couple of key absences removing important offensive threats from this matchup. Toronto will be missing the shooting of Fred VanVleet while Detroit will have to make do without the interior presence of Jalen Duren.
Pistons under 11.5 (-19) : Detroit’s offence has been unimpressive all season long, but it’s looked particularly impotent lately. The Pistons have averaged just 17.9 points in their last seven games, and that oversells their offensive prowess.
Detroit has hit the under in five of those contests and that average is inflated by a 138-point outing against the San Antonio Spurs — who possess the NBA’s worst scoring defence by a significant margin.
In recent weeks the Pistons have seen their starting point guard, Killian Hayes go ice cold, their bench production dry up and one of their most reliable offensive players, Saddiq Bey, get traded out of town.
The Raptors have the 1th-ranked scoring defence in the NBA and they are catching Detroit at a good time.
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