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Utah fought valiantly while shorthanded on Sunday night in a seven-point loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, and that came on the heels of a huge win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. This team has covered the spread in six of its last eight and has done so in its previous two games played on the second night of a back-to-back.

T he Detroit Pistons (33-27) will try to avoid their first losing streak in a month when they host the Brooklyn Nets (21-38) on Saturday night. Detroit had its eight-game winning