Lakers vs. Pistons Odds & Betting Predictions - November 8, 2026

No Luka Doncic. Everyone’s handing Reaves the credit of more offensive workload and assuming he hits the over. Detroit is a bad team to try that against. When he comes off a screen, the big isn’t sitting back: Detroit plays at the level on 32% of ball screens and shows on another 23%, so more than half the time Reed or Collins is in his face. What that does is kills the pull-up, which is 43% of his shots, and Detroit gives up just 0.41 points a screen at the level. Lead guards who live like that have struggled here. Tatum scored 13, Maxey 19 and Brunson 23. Now talking about the setting and his surrounding team makeup. And the usage bump everyone’s counting on hasn’t really shown up. So far, across 127 minutes without Luka on the court this year, Reaves only averages 22.6 PTS per 36, and in the one full game Luka sat, he scored 16 on 16 shots. His way out is isolation and the free-throw line, about 40% of his points. That’s how Brunson still got to 23 on 5-of-18 shooting with 13 free throws, but I’m not betting on Reaves getting that whistle with Ausar draped all over him. #PlayerProps @everyone @GamblyBot