Detroit Pistons vs. Atlanta Hawks Prediction: Can Bogdan Bogdanovic Light Up the Scoreboard?
The Pistons are in Atlanta facing the Hawks. Can Bogdan Bogdanovic light up the scoreboard? Hollywood Picks provides his Detroit Pistons vs. Atlanta Hawks prediction and pick.
Hollywood Picks - December 18, 2023, 12:02 PM EST
5 minDetroit Pistons vs. Atlanta Hawks Prediction: Can Bogdan Bogdanovic Light Up the Scoreboard?
The Detroit Pistons travel to Atlanta tonight to face the Hawks. The Pistons have been struggling this season but luckily for them, Bogdan Bogdanovic, has returned from injury and is giving them some good points. The Hawks play at the fourth fastest pace in the NBA so I anticipate Bogdanovic to get his shots up. He has historically played very good versus the Hawks so I believe he will cruise past his line.
Pistons vs. Hawks Date, Time, and Where to Watch
- Date: December 18, 2023
- Game Time: 7:30 pm ET
- Where to Watch: NBA League Pass
Detroit Pistons vs. Atlanta Hawks Prediction
Bogdan Bogdanvoic comes into this game averaging 20.6 points per game on the season. He's covered this line in four out of seven games, logging 22, 22, 9, 17, 33, 17, and 24 points. Across this span he's seen 14+ field goal attempts in five out of seven games.
Tonight he gets a great matchup against a Hawks team that has the fourth worst defensive rating and play at the fourth fastest pace in the NBA. On the season, the Hawks allow the ninth most points and eighth most three pointers made to opposing small forwards. Along with that, they also allow the fifth most points and 12th most three pointers made to opposing power forwards.
Overall, they allow the seventh most three pointers made to opposing teams, allow opponents to shoot the fourth highest field goal percentage from behind the three point line and allow the fourth most points to opposing teams in the paint.
Bogdanovic attempts 49% of his field goals from three point range and another 37% of his field goals come from inside the paint. In the last game against the Hawks, the Pistons star player, Cade Cunningham, struggled shooting as he was 4 for 14 on field goals and the Hawks blitzed him heavily.
The Hawks won that game, so I don't expect them to change their approach tonight with Cunningham. This is a team historically Bogdanovic has played well against, logging 33 points, 22 points, and 23 points in his last three outings against the Hawks.
Detroit Pistons vs. Atlanta Hawks Pick
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