The Detroit Pistons travel to Madison Square Garden tonight to face the New York Knicks with contrasting records and momentum. Detroit enters 3-0 while New York is still looking for its first win, a gap that frames the matchup.
Detroit can become the first defending champion to start 4-0 since the 1969-70 Boston Celtics, if it wins. The Pistons last opened a season 4-0 in 2018-19, and they have not started 5-0 since the 2005-06 campaign, as noted in the pregame coverage.
The Knicks are struggling offensively through three games, ranking 30th in points and 30th in shooting efficiency, and 29th inside the arc, as reported in the game preview. New York is also giving up roughly 37 percent from three-point range, a bottom-10 defensive mark.
Detroit beat New York in all regular-season meetings last year. Cade Cunningham produced strong numbers in those games, averaging 27.3 points, shooting 51 percent from two and 41 percent from three, and averaging 11 assists and four turnovers, according to the preview.
Projected lineups include Cade Cunningham, Duncan Robinson, Ausar Thompson, John Collins and Paul Reed for Detroit. The Knicks are slated to start Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Karl‑Anthony Towns. Ausar Thompson is expected to return after sitting out the team’s previous game with an ankle injury.
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Betting markets list the Pistons at plus-4.5 on the spread, with a moneyline around +140 and a total near 218.5, according to the sportsbook summary. The game will be televised on NBC and streamed on Peacock, per the preview.
BetMGM’s pregame analysis shows Detroit averaging 118.3 points and 28.7 assists per game while shooting 42 percent from three and carrying a team net rating of 12.6. New York is shown at 101.7 points per game, 32 percent from three and a team net rating of -7.7, as reported by BetMGM.
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