{"id":137158,"date":"2026-02-18T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137158\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:41:08","slug":"detroit-faces-new-york-seeks-4th-straight-road-win-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/137158\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit faces New York, seeks 4th straight road win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> (40-13, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> (35-20, third in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">New York; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Knicks -4.5; over\/under is 222.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: Detroit visits New York looking to extend its three-game road winning streak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Knicks are 24-13 in conference play. New York ranks third in the Eastern Conference in team defense, allowing only 111.9 points while holding opponents to 45.9% shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Pistons are 26-7 against Eastern Conference opponents. Detroit is fifth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> scoring 18.4 fast break points per game led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/cade-cunningham-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Cunningham<\/a> averaging 3.7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Knicks make 47.2% of their shots from the field this season, which is 3.1 percentage points higher than the Pistons have allowed to their opponents (44.1%). The Pistons average 5.3 more points per game (117.2) than the Knicks allow (111.9).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The teams square off for the third time this season. The Pistons won the last meeting 118-80 on Feb. 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/daniss-jenkins-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniss Jenkins<\/a> scored 18 points to help lead the Pistons to the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/karl-anthony-towns-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> is averaging 19.8 points and 11.9 rebounds for the Knicks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jalen-brunson-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> is averaging 23.3 points and 6.1 assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Cunningham is averaging 25.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 9.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Pistons. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/duncan-robinson-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duncan Robinson<\/a> is averaging 2.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 8-2, averaging 119.0 points, 46.3 rebounds, 29.6 assists, 7.7 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 103.7 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Pistons: 8-2, averaging 118.7 points, 43.9 rebounds, 26.9 assists, 11.5 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.4 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">INJURIES: Knicks: OG Anunoby: day to day (toe), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/miles-mcbride-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miles McBride<\/a>: out (ankle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Pistons: Ronald Holland II: day to day (personal).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons (40-13, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (35-20, third in the Eastern Conference)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19719,54663,1267,52215,54398,4777,1555,4779,4568,9,11,1104,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-137158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-cade-cunningham","9":"tag-daniss-jenkins","10":"tag-detroit-pistons","11":"tag-duncan-robinson","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-jalen-brunson","14":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","15":"tag-miles-mcbride","16":"tag-national-basketball-association","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-headlines","19":"tag-new-york-knicks","20":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}