Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks 10/21/2022 Picks Predictions

Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks 10/21/2022 Picks Predictions Previews

Madison Square Garden in New York will be the venue for the NBA regular season match-up between the Detroit Pistons (1st in Central Division) and the New York Knicks (3rd in Atlantic Division) on Friday, October 21st.

The Pistons started the regular season with a four-point win over the Orlando Magic at 113-109 on October 19. The offense for Detroit gained 42.6% overall shooting and 36.8% from the 3-point region with 44 boards while their defense gave up 48.8% field goal and 36.7% from beyond the arc shooting to Orlando.

The Pistons forced the Magic to commit 18 turnovers but outrebounded in the match by 41 to 48 boards.

SF Bojan Bogdanovic led all Detroit scorers with 24 points 5 boards with 4 defensive rebounds while PG Jaden Ivey chipped in 19 and PG Cade Cunningham added 18 points for the Piston.

Cunningham is also the leader in assists with 10 and Center Jalen Duren jumped off the bench to grab 10 rebounds for Detroit in the winning effort.

The Detroit Pistons are 13-5-2 ATS in their last 20 and 6-12 SU in their last 18 matches. The totals went OVER in 5 of the Pistons’ last 5 contests.

Detroit is 1-7 against the spread and 0-8 SU in its last 8 outings versus New York. The Pistons’ are 8-1 ATS in their last 9 road games.

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Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks Predictions 10/21/2022

The NY Knicks will defend their home court after losing the opening game. The Knicks bowed to the Grizzlies at 112-115 in the overtime period to start the season with a 0-1 record on Wednesday night.

New York marked a field goal percentage of 40.4 with a three-point shooting percentage of 24.3 after converting only 9 of 37 tries from beyond the perimeter.

The Knicks limited the overall shooting of the Grizzlies to just 38.9% but failed to stop their offense from long-range which gained a 34.0% shooting rate. New York was out-rebounded by 10 boards at 54 to 64 in the loss.

The leading scorer for the Knicks at the start of the season is PF Julius Randall who scored 24 points in the opening match while grabbing 11 rebounds with 9 coming from the defensive end and added 6 assists for New York.

PG Jalen Brunson dished a team-high 19 assists while SF Cam Reddish is the Knicks’ leading bench scorer with 22.

The totals went UNDER in 5 of New York’s last 6 contests and the Knicks are 4-1 against the spread in their last five. The totals went UNDER in 6 of New York’s last 8 matches played versus Detroit and 4 of the Knicks’ last five home outings.

The New York Knicks are 7-3 straight up in their last 10 games facing an opponent from the Eastern Conference.

Detroit Pistons vs. New York Knicks. The NBA Pick for this contest is New York -5.5. The Knicks never gave up easily in their first defeat of the season which ended up a three-point loss in the overtime period.

Though New York gained only 24.3% from the three-point range, the Knicks led the overall shooting by 40.4 to 38.9% and their defense forced Memphis to commit 14 turnovers while accumulating just 12.

Despite winning the opening match, Detroit will be facing a tough opponent both on the offense and on defense in New York’s territory on Friday. Prediction: The New York Knicks will win 115-101.

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