Detroit Pistons vs New Orleans Pelicans: Odds and Predictions
The Detroit Pistons and the New Orleans Pelicans sit in opposite conferences and meet twice a regular season, once at each arena. This page tracks the Kalshi markets for the matchup — moneyline, spread and total — alongside the meetings already played and the ones still to come.Next game: Wed, Nov 18, 2026
Pistons
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Last 5 meetings
Next meeting
Wed, Nov 18, 2026
8:00 PM ET · NBA · 2026-27
DET Pistons
NO Pelicans
Not listed on Kalshi yet. Markets open closer to game day.
Last meeting
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
NBA · 2025-26
NO Pelicans
108
DET Pistons
129
Head-to-head
Other DET Pistons vs NO Pelicans meetings
The rest of the meetings between these two clubs — still to come first, then the most recent results — with the Kalshi market for any that is listed.
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
DET Pistons
112
NO Pelicans
104
NBA · 2025-26
Sun, Mar 23, 2025
NO Pelicans
130
DET Pistons
136
NBA · 2024-25
Mon, Mar 17, 2025
DET Pistons
127
NO Pelicans
81
NBA · 2024-25
Sun, Mar 24, 2024
NO Pelicans
114
DET Pistons
101
NBA · 2023-24
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Next games for the DET Pistons and NO Pelicans
Every listed fixture either club plays next, whoever the opponent is, with the Kalshi market for each.
How often do the Pistons and Pelicans play each other?
The Detroit Pistons and the New Orleans Pelicans meet twice a regular season, once at each arena. Every club plays all fifteen clubs in the other conference twice, home and away, so this is the least often the league schedules any pairing — and it is the only kind of meeting the Pistons and the Pelicans get outside the NBA Finals.
Are the Pistons and Pelicans in the same division?
No, and not the same conference either. The Detroit Pistons are a Eastern Conference club in the Central Division; the New Orleans Pelicans are a Western Conference club in the Southwest. That makes every meeting between them an inter-conference game.
What is at stake when the Pistons play the Pelicans?
For the Pistons and the Pelicans, the overall record and only that. An inter-conference game touches neither club’s division record nor its conference record — but the overall record is what the standings in each conference are ordered by in the first place, so these two games count for seeding exactly as much as any other.
Can the Pistons and Pelicans meet in the playoffs?
Only in the NBA Finals. The Pistons are in the Eastern Conference and the Pelicans in the Western Conference, and the playoffs are run inside each conference until the final round — so these two cannot be drawn against each other before it.
Where can I follow the Pistons and Pelicans for the rest of the season?
Every Pistons and Pelicans game Kalshi lists has its own market page, with the moneyline, the spread, the total and the player props built on that fixture. The NBA market index carries the rest of the league, and the matchup index carries every other pairing the Detroit Pistons and the New Orleans Pelicans are in.
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