Pistons vs. Knicks NBA parlay picks: Shorthanded Detroit due first loss and New York first win Tuesday — SkimNews
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- FanDuel listed a same-game parlay of the New York money line plus Cade Cunningham 20-plus points at +136; the model projects New York 111-108, with Detroit +4.5 and a 219.5 total for the first of four regular-season meetings.
- New York Knicks became the first defending champion to start 0-3 since the 2011-12 Dallas Mavericks; a Tuesday loss would tie the 1969-70 Boston Celtics at 0-4, and the Knicks’ season win total already fell from 51.5 to 49.5.
- Jalen Brunson shot 12-for-28, including 1-for-7 from deep, after New York blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in a 111-102 loss to Orlando on Sunday.
- Jalen Duren will miss at least two weeks with a right hamstring strain suffered Friday; after posting 22 points on 8-for-13 with nine rebounds against Boston, he was limited to 10 minutes against Miami.
- Ausar Thompson sat Sunday with an ankle injury, while Isaiah Joe left the game with a hip contusion and did not return; Detroit might be without both guards for Tuesday.
- Detroit Pistons won 106-93 at Philadelphia on Sunday without Duren, but the Sixers rested Joel Embiid and VJ Edgecombe in the second game of a back-to-back; Detroit’s wire-to-wire win kept it as the East’s only undefeated team.
- Cade Cunningham averaged 27.3 points and 11.0 assists in Detroit’s three wins over New York by double digits in the 2026 regular-season series; one included 40 points and 10 assists at Madison Square Garden.
Why it matters: New York’s win total has already fallen from 51.5 to 49.5 after a 0-3 start; another loss would put the defending champs at 0-4 and tie the 1969-70 Celtics. Duren’s absence plus uncertainty around Thompson and Joe underlies the model’s 111-108 Knicks projection and the +136 New York money-line/Cade Cunningham 20-plus parlay.
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