The Dallas Mavericks (10-17) aim to continue a three-game home winning streak when hosting the Detroit Pistons (21-5) on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
The Pistons are a 5.5-point favorite against the Mavericks when the Pistons and the Mavericks square off. The point total for the game is set at 231.5.
Pistons vs. Mavericks betting odds
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Spread: Detroit -5.5Total: 231.5Moneyline: Detroit -225, Dallas +188
Pistons at Mavericks odds, spread, & morePredictionPick ATS: Mavericks (+ 5.5)Pick OU:
Under (231.5)Prediction:
Pistons 118 – Mavericks 113MoneylineThe Pistons have been favored on the moneyline 20 total times this season. They’ve gone 16-4 in those games.Detroit has won all 11 games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -225 or shorter.The Pistons have a 69.2% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.The Mavericks have entered the game as underdogs 18 times this season and won six, or 33.3%, of those games.This season, Dallas has won three of its 11 games, or 27.3%, when it is the underdog by at least +188 on the moneyline.The implied probability of a win by the Mavericks based on the moneyline is 34.7%.Against the spreadThe Pistons put up 119.3 points per game, just 2.5 more points than the 116.8 the Mavericks give up.When Detroit scores more than 116.8 points, it is 10-4 against the spread and 14-0 overall.When it scores more than 113 points, Dallas is 9-4 against the spread and 8-5 overall.Detroit’s record is 9-4 against the spread and 12-1 overall when it allows fewer than 112.9 points.The Pistons are the NBA’s eighth-ranked scoring team (119.3 PPG), while the Mavericks rank 18th in points per game allowed (116.8) in the league.The 25th-ranked scoring NBA team (112.9 PPG) is Dallas, while the Detroit squad ranks fifth in the league defensively (113 PPG).The Pistons have out-scored their opponents by a total of 165 points this season (6.3 points per game on average), and opponents of the Mavericks have out-scored them by 106 more points on the year (3.9 per game).Over/UnderDetroit has an average implied point total of 118.7 this year, which is 0.3 points lower than its implied total in Thursday’s game (119).So far this season, Detroit has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (119) 14 times.The average implied point total on the year for Dallas (118.6) is 5.6 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (113).How to watch Pistons vs. MavericksGame day: Thursday, December 18, 2025Game time: 8:30 p.m. ETLocation: Dallas, TexasArena: American Airlines CenterTV channel: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit – BSDLive stream: Watch this game on Fubo