Detroit Pistons vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 12/26/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Detroit Pistons vs Utah Jazz

Date: Friday, December 26, 2025

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

Delta Center is where the Utah Jazz (10-19) will attempt to defeat the Detroit Pistons (24-6) on Friday.

The Pistons faced the Kings and went home with a win by a final score of 136-127 in their last game. Concerning fouls, the Pistons ended up with 23 while the Kings had 25 fouls. They buried 11 of 33 attempts from 3-point land. Sacramento ended up shooting 86.5% at the free throw line by making 32 of their 37 shots. Moreover, Sacramento grabbed 42 boards (19 offensive, 23 defensive) and had 8 blocked shots. Sacramento recorded 26 assists and had 12 steals in this game. In terms of defense, Detroit allowed 45.7% from the field on 42 out of 92 shooting. They also recorded 38 assists in this game while creating 13 turnovers and getting 9 steals. When it comes to hauling in boards, they earned 42 with 16 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Pistons converted 20 of their 28 tries for a rate of 71.4%. Detroit finished having earned a 53.7% field goal percentage (51 of 95) and made 14 out of their 32 3-pointers.

Tobias Harris is someone who was a contributor for the game. Harris ended up shooting 62.5% from the floor and also totaled 4 dimes. He played 29 minutes played and grabbed 4 boards. He finished with 24 points on 10 of 16 shooting.

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Detroit will take the court with a win-loss record of 24-6 so far this season. They have an average of 119.2 pts per game (10th in the league) while shooting 47.9% from the field. The Pistons are hitting 34.5% on three-point shots (327 of 948) and 74.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Detroit is pulling down 47.1 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 797 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 10th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 15.6 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 23.2 fouls per contest.

When they are on the defensive end, the Pistons are able to force 17.0 turnovers every game and they draw 23.2 fouls. They concede 34.6% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 5th in the league in PPG allowed (112.3). The Pistons defense is giving up a FG percentage of 44.3% (1,142 of 2,580) and they relinquish 41.5 boards per game as a unit. They are currently ranked 2nd in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 695 conceded on the campaign.

When they last played, the Jazz took a defeat with a final score of 137-128 when they played the Grizzlies. The Jazz corralled 28 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards totaling 40 for the contest. They also coughed up the ball 13 times, while recording 9 steals for this game. The Grizzlies earned 23 fouls for this game which took the Jazz to the charity stripe for a total of 36 attempts. They were able to bury 32 of the free throw tries for a rate of 88.9%. When talking about shooting from distance, Utah converted 16 of 45 tries (35.6%). In all, the Jazz went 40 out of 90 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.4%. The Jazz allowed the Grizzlies to bury 49 of 88 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 55.7% for the contest. They finished 42.2% from three-point range by connecting on 19 out of 45 and walked away from this one shooting 20 out of 29 at the free throw line (69.0%). With respect to cleaning the glass, Utah permitted Memphis to get 41 in total (8 offensive).

Kyle Filipowski ended up being a major contributor for the Jazz in this matchup. Filipowski had 25 points in his 35 mins of playing time and tallied 4 assists in the matchup. He converted 9 of 15 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and had 13 rebounds.

Utah has a win-loss mark of 10-19 this season. On the offensive side of the ball, the Jazz are shooting 45.7% from the floor, which ranks 23rd in the league. Utah has accumulated 3,477 points on the year (119.9 per game) and they collect 45.6 boards per game. They are earning an assist 30.0 times per contest (2nd in basketball) and they lose possession via turnover 15.8 times per contest. The Jazz have committed 23.1 personal fouls every game and they go 80.6% from the charity stripe.

The Jazz are ranked 30th in basketball in PPG allowed with 127.4. They are forcing their opponents into 13.6 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 49.2% from the field (29th in the NBA). The Utah defense allows 38.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter (448 of 1,177) and their opposition knocks down 77.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 30.3 assists and 44.8 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 30th and 19th in the league.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Utah

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