NBA – Indiana Pacers vs Detroit Pistons – Game Day Predictions

The Game Day prediction with some data points and facts is here for you. So far both the teams have played few pre-season games and below are their key performance numbers for you:

NBA – Indiana Pacers:

Played 4 Pre-season games so far
Won 2 and lost 2 games so far i.e. 50% games won
Highest points in these 4 games – 130 against Atlanta Hawks on October 09
Lowest points in during pre-season is 116 against Memphis Grizzlies on October 15
For the 4 pre-season games, their average is 124 a game
Four games points range is 116 – 130
While the lowest they were able to restrict their opponent was of Charlotte Hornets 116 on October 18
Opponent team’s highest were 131 by Atlanta Hawks on October 09. The game Pacers lost by just one point
Overall, they were in same range as their opponents i.e. 116 to 131. While against Pacers average of 124 their opponents scored 121 points on average a game. Showing better performance by Pacers overall

NBA – Detroit Pistons:

Played 5 Pre-season games so far
Won 3 and lost 2 i.e. 60% wins…slightly above 50% of Pacers
Highest points were 120 against Milwaukee Bucks on October 07
Lowest points against 93 against Golden State Warriors on October 14
Their opponent team’s highest was Golden State Warriors’ 111 on October 14
The lowest by the opponent was 87 by Milwaukee Bucks on October 07
Their average points during the 5 pre-season games was 105.4 points
With the range of 93-120 points and average of 105.4 points, their performance appears to be a little weak against Pacers’ range of 116-130 points and the average of 124
Having said that, a catch is that Pistons were able to maintain control on opponents better i.e. their opponent’s range of points scored was 87-111 only. Whereas, for Pacers it was 116-131

Considering better win rate, ability to restrict opponent’s scores better and maintaining self-performance better than opponent’s, we are predicting Detroit Pistons giving a tough game to Indiana Pacers this game.