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Knicks vs Pistons Preview: 3 Keys to Win in Detroit



Knicks vs Pistons Preview: 3 Keys to Win in Detroit

Knicks vs Pistons Preview: 3 Keys to Win in Detroit. The Knicks head into Detroit for a matchup the Pistons have circled—and there are no excuses. In this Knicks Weekly segment, we break down the 3 biggest keys for New York to win: controlling the glass, surviving the paint battle, and cutting turnovers.

Detroit is a physical team that wins on 50/50 plays, crashes the boards, and turns pressure defense into transition points. If the Knicks don’t match that energy, it can get ugly fast—especially with Cade Cunningham creating advantages and Detroit’s guards/wings flying in for offensive rebounds.

In this segment we cover:

Why rebounding + second-chance points are the first battleground

Detroit’s points in the paint identity and how the Knicks counter

The guard matchup: who must “man up” vs Detroit’s speed

Why turnovers are a killer vs Detroit’s pressure + transition game

How the Knicks can win if they’re efficient from three and don’t get out-efforted

Drop your prediction below: W or L in Detroit?
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11 Comments

  1. Salute! They could quiet some chatter tonight. I prefer it. The 3 ball needs to return… been slumping last 3 games. But at the end of the day (season), I feel we need more size improvement, which might upset many fans at season's end, if you know what I mean. For many, availability is the best ability.

  2. 3 Keys to winning: No Duren, No Harris, no Lavert

    CP: This is not the matchup everyone has been waiting to see. I want to see the Knicks go up against healthy good teams, the ones we have been yet to beat

  3. 🫡 I have been waiting patiently for this game. It’s the barometer reading that will tell us something about the fight in this Knicks team. Clearly the Knicks have more talent but Detroit has rediscovered their identity: Physical defense. Guard centric offense. Knicks struggle against big guards. Cade Cunningham aka Optimus Prime has emerged as a Knick nemesis. Mikal and OG are gonna have to force Cade to get rid of the ball fast. Otherwise he’s gonna kill the Knicks’ back court.

    Here’s another thing that is interesting about the Detroit Pistons, they are $19M under the cap. Tobias Harris has a $26M expiring. Ivey and Duren will be coming off team options. They are poised to make a major upgrade in talent at the deadline. Talk about a scary team! 😱

  4. Detroit's benches are just as tough as the starters tbh .. that team is uber deep and they proved that during their 13-game winning streak when the entire five of Detroit were out including Cade and the starters filled in admirably winning three straight during that 13 game winning streak

  5. Detroit has a few dogs and we only have 1 OG. That is a gonna be a problem in playoffs. Mitch and Kat get Dominated by skilled bigs which is another problem and 3 point D as long as we have Kat will always be bad. Everyone is trying to get a ft in paint to help out an All star C on D? We need a trade

  6. Knicks are going to get blowed out tonight same last year team same play fake coach front office is coaching this team not brown

  7. Everyone is focused on katt bridges and OG hasn’t scored 20 points in their last 8 games we need to trade these trash wings katt out scores both of them combined to all you katt haters can’t prove me wrong numbers don’t lie people do

  8. Does anyone know what the situation in Atlanta is I know Trae young is out but are they shopping anyone else, Dyson Daniels would essentially be exactly what the Knicks need not sure how much they would ask for or if he’s even available though

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