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Tue 20 Oct 2026, 3:00PM ET
Boston Celtics
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Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons prediction and odds · Tue 20 Oct

Detroit Pistons host Boston Celtics on Tuesday 20 October.

Detroit Pistons host Boston Celtics on Tuesday 20 October. At the open, the bookies saw it as close to a coin flip. If our model picks this game, the pick lands here before kickoff.

Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons odds

Prices for this game

Best opening price: Pistons paid $1.86, Celtics paid $2.12 (the best of 40 bookies). Prices change before kickoff.

Fair chance at the open (our read of the prices, with the bookies' cut taken out): Pistons about 5 in 10, Celtics about 5 in 10.

How much the bookies keep: about $4.82 of every $100 bet on this game.

Since betting opened: the price has barely moved.

Prices from when betting opened on Tue 6 Oct
Our pick for this game

If our model picks this game, the pick lands here before kickoff. Today's NBA picks are already up: see today's NBA picks.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Boston Celtics

  • Devin Carter GDay-to-day
  • Ron Harper Jr. GDay-to-day

Detroit Pistons

  • Jalen Duren CDay-to-day
Availability updated Oct 10, 11:58PM UTC · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons head-to-head record

Final scores · 1 meeting
Detroit Pistons 1–0 across the last meeting

Last meeting: Tue 20 Jan 2026, Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons: the Pistons won 104-103.

DateGameScoreWinner
20 Jan 2026Boston Celtics @ Detroit Pistons104–103Detroit Pistons
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