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Detroit Pistons at New Orleans Pelicans

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Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

DET

Season leaders, per game

NOP
The teams side by side: Detroit Pistons and New Orleans Pelicans compared, with league ranks
DETStatNOP
60–22Record26–56
Offense
8.0(better), 3rd in the leagueNet rating21st in the league, -4.4
115.4(better), 10th in the leagueOffensive rating20th in the league, 112.1
101.4, 16th in the leaguePace11th in the league, 102.4
54.6(better), 16th in the leagueeFG%28th in the league, 52.7
12.3, 17th in the leagueTOV%10th in the league, 11.7(better)
30.9(better), 3rd in the leagueOREB%8th in the league, 27.0
0.292(better), 5th in the leagueFT rate8th in the league, 0.284
Defense
107.4(better), 2nd in the leagueDefensive rating24th in the league, 116.5
51.7(better), 1st in the leagueOpp. eFG%23rd in the league, 55.5
14.1(better), 1st in the leagueOpp. TOV%20th in the league, 11.8
74.2(better), 14th in the leagueDREB%28th in the league, 71.4
0.319, 30th in the leagueOpp. FT rate13th in the league, 0.258(better)

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Detroit Pistons

Nobody listed.

New Orleans Pelicans

  • Bryce McGowensProbable· back Oct 1
    Report note

    McGowens will miss the final game of the 2025-26 season, though to be fair, he hasn't played for the Pelicans since March 8 due to a fractured toe. He appeared in 42 games for New Orleans and made 13 starts, averaging 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists across 21.0 minutes per game.

    Cost -0.8 per 100
Key players · DET: Detroit Pistons key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Cade Cunningham33.923.95.59.914.6 / 4.0 / 8.04.3
Jalen Duren28.219.510.52.019.4 / 9.6 / 3.63.6
Duncan Robinson27.412.22.72.114.8 / 2.4 / 2.22.3
John Collins27.113.65.31.013.4 / 6.2 / 1.2-0.8
Ausar Thompson26.09.95.73.110.2 / 4.4 / 4.44.1
Key players · NOP: New Orleans Pelicans key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Trey Murphy III35.421.55.73.817.0 / 5.8 / 2.01.3
Saddiq Bey31.317.75.62.520.8 / 4.6 / 1.61.0
Bennedict Mathurin30.017.65.42.48.8 / 4.6 / 3.8-1.2
Zion Williamson29.721.05.73.217.0 / 5.0 / 3.00.7
Herbert Jones28.48.93.42.85.8 / 2.6 / 1.81.5

Last five games

Detroit Pistons: Detroit Pistons: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 17 vs CLELost 94–125––
May 15 @ CLEWon 115–94––
May 13 vs CLELost 113–117––
May 11 @ CLELost 103–112––
May 9 @ CLELost 109–116––
New Orleans Pelicans: New Orleans Pelicans: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 12 @ MINLost 126–132––
Apr 10 @ BOSLost 118–144––
Apr 7 vs UTAWon 156–137––
Apr 5 vs ORLLost 108–112––
Apr 3 @ SACLost 113–117––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
9LAC4240.512226-4
10GSW3745.451273-7
11NOP2656.317381-9
12DAL2656.317383-7
13MEM2557.305391-9

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

DET attack against NOP defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards51.2 (lg 49.8) , 9th in the league13.0 (lg 13.6) , 23rd in the league14.3 (lg 14.2) , 14th in the league
Forwards36.3 (lg 37.4) , 19th in the league15.6 (lg 15.3) , 11th in the league7.7 (lg 7.0) , 4th in the league
Centers12.3 (lg 10.7) , 5th in the league8.7 (lg 7.5) , 2nd in the league2.0 (lg 1.9) , 9th in the league
NOP attack against DET defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.1 (lg 49.8) , 15th in the league13.3 (lg 13.6) , 15th in the league12.9 (lg 14.2) , 28th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 29th in the league14.2 (lg 15.3) , 25th in the league6.0 (lg 7.0) , 29th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 27th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 22nd in the league1.6 (lg 1.9) , 23rd in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.