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New Orleans visits Detroit on 3-game road slide

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

New Orleans Pelicans (25-48, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (52-20, first in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Thursday, 7 p. m.

EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pistons -5. 5; over/under is 226 BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans visits Detroit looking to break its three-game road skid. The Pistons are 28-9 on their home court.

Detroit is fourth in the Eastern Conference with 17. 9 fast break points per game led by Cade Cunningham averaging 3. 5.

The Pelicans are 9-26 on the road. New Orleans averages 13. 4 turnovers per game and is 14-22 when winning the turnover battle.

The Pistons are shooting 48. 0% from the field this season, 0. 5 percentage points higher than the 47.