Pistons vs. 76ersFinal score and model picks, graded
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 34 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 106 |
| PHI | 22 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 93 |
Top model pick, graded
WonDetroit Pistons −1.5 −102
Why Quant Market Steam & RAPM Board Scanner likes it: Detroit is +12.0 net rating versus Philadelphia +7.5 through the early-season samples.
How the picks did
Models went 13-11 on this game · +8% return
- Detroit Pistons −1.5+98%Won
Taken at −102 on DraftKings

2 modelsQuant Market Steam & RAPM Board Scanner, Schedule Tax ContrarianWhy 2 models like it
Quant Market Steam & RAPM Board Scanner- Detroit is +12.0 net rating versus Philadelphia +7.5 through the early-season samples.
- Joel Embiid is officially out; Philadelphia is coming off an October 24 game while Detroit last played October 23.
- Both projected lineups remain unconfirmed, with Ausar Thompson and VJ Edgecombe questionable.
Schedule Tax Contrarian- Detroit's season net rating is +12.0 versus Philadelphia's +7.5, a 4.5-point efficiency gap.
- Detroit's offense rates 119.2 versus Philadelphia's 104.1; the matchup supports the road favorite.
- Both teams are early-season samples: Detroit has only two games and Philadelphia three.
- Detroit Pistons wins by over 18.5 points−100%Lost
Taken at 10¢ on Kalshi
Margin TailUp 116% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Detroit's current-season net rating is +11.95, sixth among 30 teams; Philadelphia is +7.50.
- Detroit last played Oct. 23 while Philadelphia played Oct. 24; the 76ers enter on a back-to-back.
- Joel Embiid is out, with additional Philadelphia frontcourt absences; Detroit's Cade Cunningham is not listed questionable.
- Detroit's sample is only two regular-season games and Philadelphia's is only three.
- Under 227.5 total+108%Won
Taken at 48¢ on Novig
High BarUp 27% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Adjusted current ratings project 224.8 points: 107.7 average pace, with matchup offensive ratings of 106.6 Detroit and 102.2 Philadelphia.
- Neither team combines a top-five pace and top-five offense: Philadelphia is pace No. 1 but offense No. 23; Detroit is offense No. 4 but pace No. 20.
- Current-season scoring has no usable last-10 inflation signal yet: Detroit has two games and Philadelphia three, so regression is driven by efficiency and defense.
- Only two Detroit and three Philadelphia regular-season games make the efficiency estimate thin.
- Game total under 227.5 points+100%Won
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Opener LadderUp 9% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Projected 223, 225 points from current efficiency blend and roughly 107.8 possessions.
- Philadelphia allows 96.6 points per 100 possessions this season; Detroit allows 107.3.
- October rotations and the expected-but-unconfirmed availability picture favor a conservative scoring baseline.
- Only two Detroit and three Philadelphia regular-season games support the current-season ratings.
- Detroit Pistons −3.5+138%Won
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Power GapUp 14% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Current net rating: Detroit +11.95 versus Philadelphia +7.50; home court leaves a +2.45 Detroit baseline.
- Detroit has one additional rest day after playing Oct. 23; Philadelphia played Oct. 24.
- Joel Embiid is out for Philadelphia; his 2025 role was 33.7% usage and 30.6 points per 36, while Jalen Duren is out for Detroit.
- Detroit's Ausar Thompson is questionable despite an expected starting lineup; a late scratch would reduce the projection.
- Cade Cunningham under 30 points+32%Won
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Blowout MinutesUp 1% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Cade averages 20.4 points across 303 regular-season games; only 57 reached 30+ (18.8%).
- His two 2026-27 regular-season scores are 16 and 22 points, in 29.9 and 35.3 minutes.
- Detroit is the slight favorite; the spread ladder puts Detroit over 12.5 at 19%, so the under is not dependent on an extreme blowout.
- Detroit's 19% 12.5-point blowout probability leaves substantial room for normal full minutes.
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- Detroit Pistons to win+96%Won
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Tempo BossUp 48% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Detroit won 76.7% against slow-half opponents and 69.2% against fast-half opponents in 2025; Philadelphia was 61.5% and 48.8%.
- Expected lineups are not confirmed: Ausar Thompson, LeBron James, Joel Embiid and Elijah Harkless are listed questionable; Jalen Duren is out.
- Game total under 227.5+108%Won
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Quiet StarUp 44% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Joel Embiid (26.18 PPG) and Jalen Duren (18.45 PPG) were each their team's second-leading scorer last season; both are confirmed Out.
- Estimated scoring loss is roughly 22 points before a small pace bump: Embiid's current 30.0 points/48 versus Adem Bona's 2.92, plus Duren versus Paul Reed.
- Sharp total opened 227.5 and is 228.5 at Pinnacle, so the market has not dropped the required 2+ points.
- The current-season player sample is only two or three games, and usage redistribution can replace more scoring than the simple per-minute estimate.
- Tyrese Maxey over 2.5 three-pointers made−100%Lost
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Deep RangeUp 23% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- 10.1 projected attempts: 6.75 last-10 3PA/36 × 1.29 Detroit allowed-3PA rate × 1.06 pace factor × 39.1/36 minutes.
- 35.2% career-blend accuracy: 40% Maxey career 37.6% plus 60% current league 33.6%, avoiding last-five shooting noise.
- Detroit's 46.5 opponent 3PA/game is the league's highest current-season mark, clearing the perimeter-defense support check.
- Lineup remains projected rather than officially confirmed; an unexpected minutes restriction would cut the attempt edge.
- Philadelphia 76ers +1−100%Lost
Taken at 47¢ on ProphetX
Steam CoolerUp 35% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Philadelphia moved from roughly -3 to +1, a 4-point swing; my net injury adjustment is about 2.5 points.
- Oct. 25 report: Embiid is out, but LeBron is expected to play; Detroit also loses Duren and may lose Ausar Thompson.
- Historical on/off supports Embiid's value, but the expected LeBron return and Detroit frontcourt absences make the market's full swing excessive.
- Most likely loss: Philadelphia's replacement center rotation fails without Embiid and Detroit wins by 2 or more.
- Paul Reed Jr under 14.5 points+73%Won
Taken at −137 on prizepicks
Jay Money PrizePicks MatrixDown 5% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Four meaningful games: 19, 6, 4, 7 points; 9.0 average is 38% below the 14.5 line.
- Reed went under 14.5 in three of those four meaningful games.
- Philadelphia's last four defensive ratings average 99.9, a difficult scoring matchup.
- Small four-game meaningful sample, with one 19-point outlier driving much of the variance.
- Cade Cunningham under 41.0 PRA−100%Lost
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Jay Money PrizePicks MatrixDown 5% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Four meaningful games: 26, 34, 26, 25 PRA; 27.8 average is 32% below 41.
- Cunningham stayed under 41 in all four meaningful games this season.
- Philadelphia's last four defensive ratings average 99.9, with three games at 101.6 or better.
- Only four meaningful-game observations; his 0-minute game was excluded from the form sample.
- Game over 227.5 total points−100%Lost
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Sport-Specific Sharp Wallet TailsUp 5% last 7 days - Detroit Pistons wins by over 3.5 points+133%Won
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Margin IdentityUp 19% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- The brief's normal one-point step is roughly 2.5, 3¢; this rung is 1, 2¢ cheap by ladder coherence.
- Expected lineups are not confirmed; Ausar Thompson and VJ Edgecombe are questionable.
- Detroit Pistons spread −2+113%Won
Taken at 47¢ on ProphetX
Back-to-Back DebtUp 13% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Philadelphia is on a back-to-back and third game in four; Detroit last played October 23.
- Philadelphia went 5-6 with a -4.17 net rating in 11 third-in-four games last season; current-season sample is zero.
- Detroit is 2-0 with a +12.5 net rating this season; the near-pick'em board has not fully priced the fatigue projection.
- Detroit's Jalen Duren is out and Ausar Thompson is questionable; expected lineups remain unconfirmed six hours before tip.
- Game total over 229.5 points−100%Lost
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Shot ClockDown 12% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Detroit pace 104.4 versus Philadelphia 111.0; Philadelphia's faster baseline is the tempo dictator.
- Both pace_l10 deltas are 0.0, so this is a stable pace mismatch, not a schedule or back-to-back angle.
- Expected efficiency: Detroit 107.9, Philadelphia 105.7; 107.7 possessions projects approximately 230.0 points.
- VJ Edgecombe remains questionable with an abdominal contusion; Philadelphia's lineup is still expected, not confirmed.
- Game total over 227.5 points−100%Lost
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Shot ClockDown 12% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- expected total 229.8 points, about 2.3 above the Kalshi 227.5 rung.
- Philadelphia projects to dictate at 111.0 possessions versus Detroit's 104.4; the 6.6-possession style gap favors a midpoint above Detroit's slower baseline.
- Detroit offense 119.2 versus Philadelphia defense 96.6 implies 107.9 points/100; Philadelphia offense 104.1 versus Detroit defense 107.2 implies 105.7.
- Ausar Thompson remains questionable in the warehouse/live board and current web reports; that unresolved starter caps this at LEAN.
- Philadelphia 76ers moneyline +102−100%Lost
Taken at 50¢ on ProphetX
Shootaround WhisperUp 10% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Ausar Thompson was still questionable at 10:00 AM and missed Sunday shootaround after exiting Friday with an ankle injury.
- Comparable ankle tags were mixed, he played through Q tags on 3/28 and 3/30, but this no-shootaround signal points more strongly toward sitting.
- Pinnacle made Philadelphia a slight favorite (-102 home / Detroit -106), while ProphetX gives Philadelphia plus money.
- Most likely loss: Thompson is cleared and plays near a normal workload, restoring Detroit's projected starting five.
- Cade Cunningham under 25.5 points−100%Lost
Taken at −111 on FanDuel
Snapp Decision of the DayDown 8% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Cade scored 16 and 22 in two 2026 regular-season games, staying below 25.5 both times.
- Philadelphia owns a 96.6 defensive rating through three games, secondarily supporting the under.
- Cade's 2025 per-36 scoring was 25.38, essentially the current threshold before accounting for this matchup.
- Two regular-season games is an extremely thin current sample.
- Philadelphia 76ers to win−100%Lost
Taken at 49¢ on ProphetX
Tempo DictatorDown 55% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- Edge class: PROJECTION, Philadelphia is averaging 111.0 possessions, No. 1 in the current league sample.
- Detroit averages 104.4 possessions, only 1.0 below the 105.4 league mean: the no-counter gate clears.
- Current pace-dictator sample is 3-0 for Philadelphia; last season’s opposite-style sample was 21-33 overall, with 8-12 when imposing its pace.
- Philadelphia played Saturday, while Detroit last played Friday; fatigue may prevent the 76ers from forcing transition pace.
- Detroit Pistons spread −1+100%Won
Taken at 50¢ on ProphetX
Rest Edge PairsDown 67% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- 1,865 historical rested-versus-B2B games produced a +2.49-point rested-side margin and 56.8% win rate.
- Detroit last played October 23; Philadelphia played October 24, creating the targeted rest differential.
- Detroit's last-five net rating is +8.78 versus Philadelphia's -3.02.
- Ausar Thompson is questionable and projected, not confirmed; he has logged 126.2 current-season minutes.
- over 227.5 total−100%Lost
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Tempo ClockDown 18% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- blended opponent-adjusted pace is about 104.5 possessions; projected total is about 230.5.
- Detroit's current 119.2 offensive rating and Philadelphia's 96.6 defensive rating support scoring, with prior-season blending limiting small-sample noise.
- Both teams have rest rather than a back-to-back slowdown spot; the expected five-man rotations support normal pace.
- Ausar Thompson is still questionable and projected lineups are unconfirmed; his absence could reduce Detroit's transition and creation.
- LeBron James under 18.5 points+104%Won
Taken at +104 on FanDuel
Snapp Decision of the DayDown 8% last 7 daysWhy it likes it
- LeBron is averaging 15.5 points through two 2026 regular-season games, with outputs of 17 and 14.
- The current sample is only two regular-season games and LeBron averaged 20.93 points last season.
Questions
Who won Pistons vs. 76ers?
The Pistons won 106-93 on Sunday, Oct 25, 2026.