{"id":340800,"date":"2025-04-21T12:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340800"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:51:12","slug":"pistons-vs-knicks-game-2-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/pistons-vs-knicks-game-2-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons vs. Knicks SGP predictions Game 2: Back Detroit on alt spread, Cunningham in +310 wager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Detroit Pistons look to even the series against the New York Knicks on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Detroit let Game 1 slip away in the fourth quarter, but I&#8217;m happy to back the away side to cover an alternate spread again. This SGP also includes picks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/cade_cunningham\">Cade Cunningham<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/josh_hart\">Josh Hart<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Pistons vs. Knicks play-in SGP predictions for Game 2 on April 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pistons vs. Knicks predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Pistons +11.5 | Cunningham over 8.5 assists | Hart over 15.5 rebounds\/assists (+310)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112728\">Embed: #112728<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Pistons +11.5<\/strong> (-275):<\/strong> The Pistons had the Knicks right where they wanted them, up eight going into the final frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York went on to score 21 unanswered fourth-quarter points and won 123-112 in the end. Detroit covered this spread, but it wasn&#8217;t pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect a young Pistons squad to use the experience and be more poised in Game 2 if a lead presents itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Detroit may just have the edge in this matchup when exploring the regular-season meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Pistons went 3-1 against the Knicks, winning the final three matchups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Detroit won those three games by an average of 7.7 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two of those three wins were in New York.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knicks aren&#8217;t world-beaters. They had a 0-10 record against the three best teams in the league in the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This series should be close, and barring another collapse, the Pistons should be in this game until the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Cunningham over 8.5 assists <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-136):<\/strong> The playmaking guard easily cleared this line in Game 1, recording 12 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had the best season of his career, which included 9.1 assists and 15.4 potential assists per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His floor as a passer is very high, and I assume the Knicks will want to continue to force the ball out of Cunningham&#8217;s hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;ll force other Pistons to be the deciding factor, but Cunningham should continue putting his teammates in prime positions to score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cunningham had 20.0 potential assists in Game 1. &#8220;Potential assists&#8221; are passes that lead directly to a shot by any teammate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Hart over 15.5 assists\/rebounds<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-117):<\/strong> I feel pretty good predicting Hart to play more minutes in Game 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stat-stuffing guard played just 29 minutes in Game 1 after missing the final regular-season contest with a knee injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hart led the league in minutes per game (37.6) this year, so I&#8217;m sure Tom Thibodeau is itching to have his workhorse out there more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he is fully available, take a look at what Hart can do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15.5 rebounds\/assists per game this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averaged 16.1 rebounds\/assists in 36.8 minutes over his final 10 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Went 4-0 against this line to close out the regular season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This will come down to availability, but Hart is off the injury report prior to Game 2, so I feel a full workload is coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pistons vs. Knicks predictions made at 1:30 p.m. ET 04\/21\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Pistons look to even the series against the New York Knicks on Monday. The pregame narrative: Detroit let Game 1 slip away in the fourth quarter, but I&#8217;m happy to back the away side to cover an alternate spread again. This SGP also includes picks on Cade Cunningham and Josh Hart. Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":340856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12,167],"class_list":["post-340800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-picks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pistons vs. Knicks predictions Game 2: NBA playoffs SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Pistons vs. Knicks SGP predictions for Game 2 of the NBA playoffs. 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