Pistons vs Cavaliers Gamethread: Game time, TV, odds, and more

Game Vitals

When: 7 p.m. EST
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
Watch: Fox Sports Detroit
Odds: Det -2.0

Projected Linueps:

Detroit Pistons (0-1):
Killian Hayes, Delon Wright, Jerami Grant, Blake Griffin, Mason Plumlee

Cleveland Cavaliers (1-0):
Collin Sexton, Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro, Kevin Love, Andre Drummond

Pregame Reading:

Kevin Love, who did not play in the Cavaliers opening game, is expected to go tonight:

The Pistons used their second two-way contract on another guard, Frank Jackson. Interesting to me that the team used the two-way for another point guard, putting the two players on two-way contracts in direct competition with one another.

Rod Beard of The Detroit News answered your burning Christmas questions about the Pistons.

The Athletic’s James Edwards III offered five thoughts for the Pistons post-Minnesota game.

Shawn Windsor of the Detroit Free Press wrote about the dilemma between short- and long-term thinking the Pistons will face this season.

DBB’s own Lazarus Jackson (yours truly) went long on the Pistons’ offseason on the Hardwood Knocks podcast:

Enjoy the game tonight, y’all.