The nine game NBA slide on Wednesday is a three-header starting with the Detron Pistons visiting the Boston Celtics at 5:00 PM ET. Detroit moved to a 15-2 record, while Boston struggled a little at 9-8.
Let’s dive into my Celtics predictions.
Detroit Pistons VS. Boston Celtics Adds
Money Line: Pistons -162 / Celtics +136
Spread: Pistons -3 (-110) / Celtics +3 (-110)
Total: Over 228.5 (-110) / Under 228.5 (-110)
Detroit Pistons vs BOSTON CELTICS Best BET #1: Pistons -3 (-110)
Seventeen games into its 2025-26 campaign, the sample size is large enough to confirm that Detroit is a real option. Has snapped 13 straight games since starting the season 2-2, including six in a row with five points. The former No. 1 guard. Cunningham gets a lot of help, too, as other teammates get double figures. That includes Big Jalen Duren (20.3 ppg, 11.5 RPG), who has delivered six double-doubles in the last eight games — a stretch that featured a 22-point, 22-point effort.
It’s a very different story in Boston for Jaylen Brown. Jayson TATUM is out with a torn achilles’ and both Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford left this area last Offsoason. Brown is not a complete one-man show because Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, and Anfernee Simons are solid contributors – but Brown’s support is nothing like Cunningham’s. The Celtics’ regular first line includes Jordan Walsh and – when healthy – Neemias Queta. You might be asking, “Who?!!” As for Brown, he is a formidable 14-for-57 (24.6%) from three-point range in 11 games during the month of November.
Detroit Pistons VS. Boston Celtics Best Player Player: Payton Pritchard Under 4.5 Affices (-125)
Across the board, the offensive numbers could be down in this game. Boston plays at the slowest pace in the rest of the NBA, and faces a stout Detroit defense. The Pistons allow the fewest assists per game in the league (23.2) and the five most assists – the fewest made a field goal. And they give up a few more points in the paint per game.
So, where will pritchard throw the ball? The Celtics won’t be able to score down low (especially since Queta was ruled out) and Brown hasn’t been able to shoot it from the perimeter this month. Pritchard has stayed under this number in six of the 11 years.
