Everyone's writing off the 0-4 Nets, but the so-called 'dominant' Pistons are rolling in without Jalen Duren (OUT, hamstring), Ausar Thompson (day-to-day, ankle), and Isaiah Joe (questionable, hip) — that's a decimated frontcourt and wing rotation. Brooklyn's Julius Randle is cooking at 22 PPG and 6.3 APG, and you're telling me this shell of a Detroit squad covers 8.5 on the road? Not a chance — the Nets grab this cover and maybe even steal the W!

Detroit enters at 4-1 while Brooklyn is a winless 0-4 on the season — the talent gap is real and the record proves it. Cade Cunningham is playing at an MVP level averaging 21.3 points, 8 assists, and 2 blocks, and Paul Reed has stepped up in Jalen Duren's absence averaging 15.3 points and 7 rebounds over the last three games. The Nets have no answer for Detroit's two-way dominance, and I'll lay the chalk with the Pistons to cover -8.5 on the road.