This a GOOD spot to back a somewhat bad team - Pick and WRITE UP INSIDE!!! Knicks @ Pistons!

It is currently Knicks +4. I'm not sure what the books are thinking here but that translates to the Knicks +2 at home. Why? Both teams are 3-6 and right now, I'd take the Knicks roster solely for a hot Melo over the Pistons roster. I'd think we'd all agree on that.

The Knicks are not good. Woodson, Melo and JR Smith are publicly on the record calling out their team and their effort.

But are they really THAT bad???

Lost:

AT the Pacers - by 7 (best in the league)

AT the Bulls - by 1 (good team; very good defense)

Minny by 9 at home (very hot team: KLove doing it all)

AT the Bobcats (no longer the league's doormats; almost won in Chicago tonight; tough out at home. A .500 team before tonight)

Spurs at home by 31 (gave up in the 1stQ to the best in the West)

Houston by 3 at home (Harden, Lin's return, Dwight; bad Melo foul at the end of the game to ice it)

Hawks by 20 at home (Beat the Hawks 3 days earlier on their court and again threw in the towel in 2H)

Folks, despite what even the Knicks say, that is not crap competition right there if examined in depth. I don't want to dismiss all their losses or make excuses for them, but you have the best in the East, the best in the West, the loaded Rockets, a great defensive team on the road, a young, fired-up team suddenly spunky at home, a team that is in a revenge spot a few days later, and a reborn Minny team.

In a word, the Knicks had a rough go of scheduling to open the season.

NOW, who do they get? The below-average Pistons who are spotting them 4. I don't think the Pistons should be giving much of anyone 4 at this point.

The owner made the unusual move a GUARANTEEING a win for the team on 11/13. How did the Knicks do? They responded win a win on the road.

Then the schedule bit them. They had to play the Rockets at home on a B2B the next night and the same Hawks team 2 nights later. Result? 2 losses.

Believe it or not, it favors the Knicks to play on the road right now. There are 'Fire Woodson' chants the reign down from the rafters every home game when the Knicks trail which disrupts the team and coaching staff.

Road game + points? Advantage Knicks.

Chandler out? Not to worry. Defensively the guy isn't the cream of the crop like he used to be and he is a complete liability on offense.

Look for Melo, JR (publicly excoriating the team and must show up to back up their criticisms), Felton, and Bargnani (who is hot of late), and even Shumpert (who is the object of continual trade rumors and may look to prove his worth to the team) to rebound against an average to below average Pistons team who just got stomped by the lowly Lakers and are one of the few teams the Nets have beaten this year. 

If the wins don't come VERY soon, heads will roll because Dolan never likes to ruffle feathers publicly which he just did. It was a scheduling glitch that lent to the Knicks dropping the last two. This Pistons team is just what the doctor ordered. If Jennings gets very hot, they will be in trouble but the 4 is too much padding here for a last second Pistons win at worst.

Also Knicks lost AT HOME not away to the bobcats. .

But agree with you, as the Knicks are the better team, and play much better on the road for some reason (lost 5 straight at home)

Last 7 meetings vs. Pistons:

7-0 SU

7-0 ATS 

THANK YOU for pointing that out!

I'm minimizing and maximizing the wrong fu**in screen and have poker hands going while writing this. Terrible mistake. Thank you for pointing both out.

I agree but I waited for him to heat up the entire Pacers series and it only got worse and worse.

But this isn't playoff pressure and the Knicks really need to turn it on fast and hard.

No problem, I am a desperate Knicks fan, thats why I knew off top of my head. Lol.  Again nice write up and BOL 

vs Wash...Win 113-102

@ Mem...Lose 111-108 OT

vs Bos...Win 88-77

vs Ind...Lose 99-91

vs OKC...Lose 119-110

@ Port...Lose 109-103

@ GS...Lose 113-95

@ Sac...Win 97-90

And did you watch him get owned in the playoffs with a 5 and 7 average? Probably not. Just throw out regular season stats for a guy that folds like a lawn chair when the heat is on.

He's good defensively but for this game I have no

problem backing the Knicks without him and thats all that matters. THIS GAME.

FORUM, when this guy is against me double your bet on his other side. NO triple it!

Thanks for posting that because, off of several games on the road, it's betting 101 to lay off or bet against a home team (pistons) in their first game back home because their is some hangover from the trip. It's the second game back home you want to bet them, not the first.

And you most certainly don't want to be laying points, especially a nice chunk like 4.

He was hurt.  Did you know that?  Probably not.  

Did you know he had a neck injury?  Probably not.

Did you know he had strep throat that resulted in major weight loss?  Probably not.

I'm on and post in this forum everyday and give write-ups for basically every game.  You come in once every few weeks to give a bullshitt pick that you pick out of a hat and try to justify for.  Who won the only bet we've ever made?  Oh, right.  That was me.  And you couldn't post on here for a month.  Keep informing anybody that reads your posts to triple up if I'm on the opposite side.  You'll just look like more of a moron than you already are.

Let's see.  Who do you think has the better spot?

1.  A Knicks team that had 2 bad losses at home, had to travel to Detroit, knowing they have to host Indiana the next night, the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season.  I guess you forgot that part.

or

2.  A Pistons team that traveled home Sunday night after the game against the Lakers where they clearly were ready for the road trip to be over and had all of Monday and Tuesday to rest at home to recoup for this game against the Knicks.

I would much rather be #2 than #1.