{"id":342915,"date":"2025-04-29T15:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=342915"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:16:32","slug":"knicks-vs-pistons-game-5-nba-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/knicks-vs-pistons-game-5-nba-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks vs. Pistons SGP predictions Game 5: Bet on Towns and Bridges in +280 wager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New York Knicks can eliminate the Detroit Pistons at Madison Square Garden tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: New York went into Motor City with the series tied and exited with a pair of nail-biting wins. I expect the Pistons to keep things close with their season on the line and am backing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/karl_anthony_towns\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/mikal_bridges\">Mikal Bridges<\/a> to produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Knicks vs. Pistons playoff SGP predictions for Game 5 on April 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knicks vs. Pistons predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Pistons +10.5 | Towns 20+ points | Bridges over 6.5 rebounds\/assists (+280)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Pistons +10.5 <\/strong><\/strong>(-275):<\/strong> Call it playoff inexperience or call it bad luck, but the Pistons have to be shell-shocked heading into MSG on the brink of elimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit blew an eight-point fourth-quarter lead in Game 1 and lost its home games by a combined three points. Game 4 ended controversially, too, after a missed foul at the buzzer would&#8217;ve sent Tim Hardaway Jr. to the line with an opportunity to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Referees said the Knicks fouled Tim Hardaway Jr. at the buzzer in Game 4:<br><br>\u201cA foul should have been called by us.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cWNIirHTOw\">pic.twitter.com\/cWNIirHTOw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1916595317136650654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit&#8217;s chances of winning this series might be shot, but the reality is, the Pistons have been every bit as good as their opponent through four games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JB Bickerstaff has instilled a dogged culture in the locker room, and I can&#8217;t picture the Knicks securing an easy win on Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit has covered this number in six of its last seven games vs. New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113232\">Embed: #113232<\/a><\/p>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Towns 20+ points <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-275):<\/strong> The Knicks have a better chance of winning when Towns is active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big man took a combined 25 shots through the first two games of this series, and New York hit the road with a 1-1 split. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He still cleared this line in Game 1, though, thanks to an efficient 10-of-14 shooting performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KAT turned up the heat on the road, scoring 31 and 27 points while taking 41 combined shots. He also took 15 three-point attempts in Games 3 and 4 after shooting just five in Games 1 and 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit ceded the 12th-most points and fourth-most 3s per game to the centres during the regular season, according to Fantasy Pros, so there&#8217;s plenty of incentive for him to keep firing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Towns is 6-1 against this line vs. the Pistons this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bridges over 6.5 rebounds\/assists (-121):<\/strong> Bridges has cleared this line in back-to-back games and is a good bet to keep things rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like all of New York&#8217;s starters, the 6-foot-6 small forward plays huge minutes, which naturally leads to plenty of opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridges averaged 3.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists during the final 10 games of the regular season, clearing this line eight times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That includes a game against the Pistons on April 10 (two rebounds, seven assists) with Jalen Brunson in the lineup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Knicks vs. Pistons predictions made at 2:15 p.m. ET 04\/29\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks can eliminate the Detroit Pistons at Madison Square Garden tonight. The pregame narrative: New York went into Motor City with the series tied and exited with a pair of nail-biting wins. I expect the Pistons to keep things close with their season on the line and am backing Karl-Anthony Towns and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":342942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-342915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Knicks vs. Pistons predictions Game 5: NBA playoffs SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 5 Knicks vs. Pistons SGP predictions. 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