The Knicks host the Pistons on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET from Madison Square Garden. New York enters 0-3 after winning the title last year, making them just the third defending champion to start winless through three games. Detroit arrives 3-0 and has won the last six regular season matchups between these teams. Last season, the Pistons went 3-0 against New York, the only Eastern Conference team to avoid losing to the defending champs.
Jalen Duren is out for Detroit with a hamstring injury.
New York is a 4.5-point favorite. The over/under is 219.5.
SportsLine's projection model, after simulating the game 10,000 times, projects the Over. The total has gone over in seven of the last eight meetings at Madison Square Garden, with five of those seven going over by double digits. The model forecasts 225 combined points and calls the Over to hit in 57% of simulations. All five Knicks starters are projected to score in double figures, while Detroit has eight players projected to score at least 8 points.