Many interesting games in the NBA on Friday and New York Knicks are going to host Detroit Pistons. Both teams are playing in the Eastern Conference, and the Knicks are currently in 9th position with 5 wins and 6 losses. Detroit is 3rd worst team in the conference with 3 wins and 9 losses. The Knicks are starting a brief 2 home game stand but Detroit will end 2 game road trip.

The expectations at the start of the season were pretty high in New York. I wouldn't say that they are playing terribly because all losses have come against solid playoff teams: the Grizzlies, Bucks, Cavaliers, Hawks, Celtics and Nets. Yes, the last loss to Brooklyn was a blowout and the Knicks couldn't do a thing to Kevin Durant and that was an overall bad performance. Most of the wins this season for New York have been against teams that won't compete for the playoffs this season: the Pistons, Magic, Hornets, 76ers and Timberwolves.

Yes, the Knicks have already 1 win this season against Detroit. New York demolished opponents (130:106) and there are some things that happened after that meeting. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 18 points in New York and he was red-hot for the first 8 games but now he's struggling and averaging only 12.3 points per game. The Pistons have lost all 6 road games this season by an average margin of 16 points and only 1 game has ended with less than a 9-point deficit. Detroit's leader Cade Cunningham is questionable for this game and without him, it would be a very hard night.

At home, the Knicks are playing way better than on the road. New York has the 9th best offensive rating at home (115.7) but the defense could be better as it is the 5th worst in the league (114.1). Away from home, the Pistons provide the 3rd worst offense in the league (103.3) and 2nd worst defense (119.5). The net rating for New York at home is 1.7 but away from home for Detroit, it is league-worst -16.3!

New York is dominating in the head-to-head matchups as they have won the last 9 games! Only 2 games have ended with less than 9 points and the Knicks have won by an average of 14.8 points at home. New York will be very motivated to get back on the winning track after the Nets game and they should get a very comfortable victory.

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周五NBA有很多有趣的比赛，纽约尼克斯队将主场迎战底特律活塞队。两支球队都在东部比赛，尼克斯目前以5胜6负排名第9。底特律以3胜9负排名西部第三。尼克斯开始了两场短暂的主场比赛，但底特律将结束两场客场之旅。

在新赛季开始的时候，纽约的期望值很高。我不会说他们打得很糟糕，因为所有的输球都是面对季后赛的强队:灰熊、雄鹿、骑士、老鹰、凯尔特人和篮网。是的，上次输给布鲁克林是一场惨败，尼克斯对杜兰特无能为力，这是一场整体糟糕的表现。本赛季纽约队的大部分胜利都是对阵本赛季无缘季后赛的球队:活塞、魔术、黄蜂、76人和森林狼。

是的，尼克斯本赛季已经赢过底特律了。纽约击败了对手(130:106)，在那次会议之后发生了一些事情。博扬·博格达诺维奇在纽约得到了18分，他在前8场比赛都很火热，但现在他很挣扎，场均只有12.3分。活塞在本赛季的6场客场比赛中平均输掉了16分，只有1场比赛的分差小于9分。底特律的领袖凯德·坎宁安对这场比赛的表现存在疑问，如果没有他，这将是一个非常艰难的夜晚。

尼克斯在主场的表现比在客场要好得多。纽约队在主场的进攻效率排名第九(115.7)，但防守可能会更好，因为它在联盟中排名第五(114.1)。在客场，活塞的进攻(103.3分)和防守(119.5分)分别排在联盟第三和第二。纽约主场的净收视率是1.7，而底特律在客场的净收视率是联盟最差的——16.3!

纽约队在面对面的比赛中占据主导地位，因为他们已经赢得了过去的9场比赛!只有两场比赛得分低于9分，尼克斯在主场的平均胜率为14.8分。在与篮网的比赛之后，纽约将会非常有动力地回到胜利的轨道上，他们应该会获得一场非常轻松的胜利。