Betting Results:
Head to Head: Pistons, odds 2.91
Line: Pistons (+5.5), odds 1.909
Total Points: Over (224), odds 1.929

Pre-game Prediction
76ers, 56.7%
Pistons, 43.3%

We had two tips on this game, tipping the Sixers, a losing bet thanks to Malik Beasley's career high 36 pointer, and a winning bet on Tyrese Maxey missing his 28.5 points target

DETROIT (AP) — Malik Beasley scored a career-high 36 points and Detroit Pistons built a 34-point lead and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 125-112 on Friday night.

Tobias Harris added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Pistons, who led 78-49 at halftime. Ausar Thompson had 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Jalen Duren finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists despite battling foul trouble.

Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 27 points and seven assists. His streak of 16 games with at least 28 points was snapped. Joel Embiid, playing for just the second time since Jan. 4, scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half.

After the 76ers cut the deficit to 11 points with under five minutes left, Beasley hit two 3-pointers to help Detroit hold on. His previous career high was 35 against Houston on Feb. 1, 2019.

Malik Beasley scores career-high 36 points in the Pistons’ 125-112 victory over the 76ers

By DANA GAURUDER AP Basketball Writer The Associated Press DETROIT

DETROIT (AP) — Malik Beasley scored a career-high 36 points and Detroit Pistons built a 34-point lead and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 125-112 on Friday night.

Tobias Harris added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Pistons, who led 78-49 at halftime. Ausar Thompson had 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Jalen Duren finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists despite battling foul trouble.

Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 27 points and seven assists. His streak of 16 games with at least 28 points was snapped. Joel Embiid, playing for just the second time since Jan. 4, scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half.

After the 76ers cut the deficit to 11 points with under five minutes left, Beasley hit two 3-pointers to help Detroit hold on. His previous career high was 35 against Houston on Feb. 1, 2019.

Takeaways

76ers: Embiid, Maxey and Paul George played together for just the 11th time this season. Philadelphia is 7-4 in those games.

Pistons: All-Star guard Cade Cunningham sat out because of a sprained right ankle.

Key moment

Marcus Sasser threw in an off-balance 3-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer to give the Pistons a 15-point advantage.

Key stat

Detroit had season bests for points in a quarter with 42 in the first and halftime with 78.

This is how we previewed this game....

Locking in on this game tonight with two excellent bet tips.

Philadelphia 76ers at odds of 1.65
Looks like Detroit will have their big 3 players available for this one, and also looks like Cade Cunningham might miss (listed Doubtful). We can't see Pistons winning without CC. The terrifically named Quentin Grimes is likely to make his debut for the Sixers tonight, and we know debuts raise games. The Pistons new boy Dennis Schroder might play but frankly, so what?

Get on Philly, the odds are not great, but this is as close to printing some value as you can get on the moneyline.

Returns $33 for a $20 bet

Fair to say the Pistons played out of their skins, and Malik Beasley stepped up in the absence of Cade Cunningham, delivering a point a minute pretty much, in a career high 36 point game. Way to go Malik - picking the game we tipped to knock in a the best performance of your career. Thanks pal.

Tyrese Maxey Under 28.5 Points at odds of 1.83
Snap this up if you can get it, many sportsbooks are already marching his total downwards as the dawning realisation of just how stupidly high thus line is dawns on them. Embiid and George will likely be playing tonight, so there's a whole bunch of possession and shot being taken away from Maxey. TM averages a smidge under 24 points per game this season, its a big gap to fill...at 28.5... get in there if you can

Returns $36.60 for a $20 bet

Better news with our Player Prop tip, as Tyrese Maxey lobbed in a healthy 27 points, which meant we beat him by two. However as we forecasted the sportsbooks tightened and tightened this line in the lead up to the game.

We got on at (28.5,) if we'd waited until just before tip off, we'd have been looking at an Over (26.5) or even (25.5) bet instead.

So we had a loser and a winner. A minor loss on the day, on to the next one!