Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET at Little Caesars Arena, with streaming on Peacock.
- Detroit enters 26-9 atop the East and New York is 23-12, with the Knicks on a three-game slide and both clubs dropping three of their past five.
- New York ruled out Josh Hart (ankle) and Landry Shamet (shoulder), while Detroit will be without Tobias Harris, Jalen Duren, and Caris LeVert.
- Oddsmakers list the Knicks -3.5; three of Detroit's last four have gone Under and 10 of New York's 17 road games have hit the Under, per CBS Sports.
- Cade Cunningham draws spotlight as Detroit's primary engine, with coverage positioning him as an MVP candidate on roughly 26.6 points and 9.7 assists per game.