Lenny Del Genio
Detroit +5
We understand that considering the Pistons' poor level of play over the last two-plus weeks for many of you this will be a "scary" play. After all, we made the wrong call on Saturday when we went with them at home vs. Philadelphia. Last night, they went out and lost by 33 to division rival Chicago, their 13th straight loss and 12th ATS loss during that same stretch. In that aformentioned writeup, we incorrectly stated that "if there is one team that Detroit can beat, it's Philadelphia." Looking now, it is clear that the Washington Wizards are the "team to beat." The Gilbert Arenas season-long suspension has left the whole franchise a mess. Unlike that Philly game, Detroit is getting points here. The Wiz should not be laying points against anyone. They are just 4-11 ATS their last 15 home games. Before a recent home tilt, F Jamison basically had to come out and beg for fan support in the wake of Arenas making a fool out of himself by making a joke of his recent gun charges. The Pistons have beaten Washington four straight times, including twice already this season, one of which was on this home floor. The Wizards are already only 8-17 ATS in revenge spots this season and 6-14 ATS their last 20 double revenge spots. Believe it or not, but there is a 42-17 ATS system that says to play on Detroit. Take teams that have failed to cover at least 12 of their last 15 games and are playing on back to back days. Detroit is our NBA Oddsmaker Mismatch.