The Lakers won in Detroit without Luka Doncic, on the back of a 38-14 first quarter.<\/strong> Doncic, questionable on our page, was ruled out on game day with lower-back tightness. Austin Reaves took over with 43 points on 14-of-27 shooting. Ziaire Williams and Collin Sexton added 17 each off the bench. Detroit won each of the last three quarters but could not close the gap. Daniss Jenkins scored 31 off the bench and made eight threes. Kevin Huerter had 24, and Cade Cunningham 14 on 6-of-15. Isaiah Joe and Jalen Duren were out, as our team news said.<\/p>\n Wrong on the winner, no bet on the spread.<\/strong> We picked the Pistons and made no spread call. With Doncic out, the DraftKings number ESPN showed had moved to Detroit -8.5, from -4.5 at Canadian books when our page went up. Our case was the league’s best defence against Doncic’s scoring. He sat, and that defence still gave up 38 in the first quarter and 43 to Reaves. The 237 points went well over a 216.5 total. The Doncic prop at 33.5 had no result, since he did not play.<\/p>\n The preview as published before the game follows.<\/em><\/p>\n Luka Doncic scored 53 against Portland on Friday, after 41, 37, 45, 42 and 40. On Sunday he meets Detroit, the best defence in the league by rating and by opponent shooting.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lakers are 7-2 going into Friday’s game with Portland, and the Pistons are 6-2 with three days off. Cade Cunningham leads Detroit at 24.0 points and 7.6 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n