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  GAME DAY PREVIEW Game time: 7:30pm ET
New York (21-13) at Detroit (18-15)
 
 
TEAM DIV. STANDING W L PCT HOME ROAD CONF STREAK LAST 10
New York 3rd, Eastern Conf 21 13 .618 11-4 10-9 15-8 Won 1 6-4
Detroit 5th, Eastern Conf 18 15 .545 11-5 7-10 14-10 Lost 1 7-3

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) -- The Detroit Pistons hope to bounce back from their first loss in seven games tonight when they host the New York Knicks at the Palace.

SEASON SERIES
Nov. 5
Jan. 12
Jan. 17
Apr. 18
New York 103, at Detroit 91
New York at Detroit, 7:30pm ET
Detroit at New York, 4:00pm ET
Detroit at New York, 7:30pm ET

Despite another high-scoring performance from Grant Hill, the Pistons had their season-high six-game winning streak snapped on Saturday with a 110-105 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Hill, the NBA player of the week, scored 40 points, the third time in the last four games he reached that mark. The versatile forward has scored 155 points during that stretch, but the Pistons could not overcome their season-worst 65 percent (28-of-42) performance from the foul line.

Detroit maintains a solid 11-5 home record and is looking to avenge a 103-91 loss to New York here on November 5.

The Knicks got on coach Jeff Van Gundy's bad side Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden by nearly squandering a 27-point second-half lead before handing on for a 95-88 triumph over the league-worst Chicago Bulls.

"You get what you deserve in this game," Van Gundy said. "We deserved to be up by 25 and we deserved to almost lose the game. That is the bottom line. Some of these guys, even the veterans, just don't learn."

Larry Johnson scored 19 points and hit his fourth 3-pointer of the second half to help New York clinch the win after a 33-10 Bulls' run.

The Knicks are 10-9 on the road and trail first-place Miami by 1 1/2 games in the Atlantic Division.


NEW YORK
10-game log
DETROIT
10-game log
Dec. 28
Dec. 30
Jan. 4
Jan. 7
Jan. 8
Jan. 11
Jan. 12
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
Jan. 17
@ New Jersey
@ Washington
Boston
@ Orlando
Cleveland
Chicago
@ Detroit
@ Charlotte
Charlotte
Detroit
L 83-89
W 89-86
W 96-88
W 94-86
L 86-89
W 95-88




Dec. 29
Dec. 30
Jan. 3
Jan. 5
Jan. 6
Jan. 8
Jan. 12
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
Jan. 17
@ Chicago
Atlanta
@ Orlando
@ Atlanta
Milwaukee
Minnesota
New York
Washington
@ Washington
@ New York
W 91-77
W 106-105
W 118-106
W 120-108
W 101-95
L 105-110






 


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