Detroit at Brooklyn

It's January, Detroit is at .500 straight-up — and that is a major accomplishment compared to recent years — but the Pistons still aren't ready to lay this kind of lumber on the road. The Pistons are on a four-game win streak and they were all at home, winning by a margin of 7.5 points. They had to overcome a 22-point deficit to defeat the lowly Portland Trail Blazers 118-115 on Monday night. Brooklyn has won 11 of 14 meetings outright and the Nets are in a payback situation as their loss to Detroit in early November is what got the Pistons turned around after Detroit lost five of its first six games of the season. Take the Nets.