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New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons: How to watch live stream, TV channel, NBA start time

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2 years ago

February 26, 2024

New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons: How to watch live stream, TV channel, NBA start time

1st Quarter Report

Only three more quarters stand between the Knicks and the win they were favored to collect coming into this evening. A win is still up for grabs for either team after one quarter, but the Knicks are up 29-27 over the Pistons.

If the Knicks keep playing like this, they’ll bump their record up to 35-23 in no time. On the other hand, the Pistons will have to make due with an 8-49 record unless they turn things around.

Who’s Playing

Detroit Pistons @ New York Knicks

Current Records: Detroit 8-48, New York 34-23

How To Watch

When: Monday, February 26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Where: Madison Square Garden — New York, New York
TV: Bally Sports – Detroit
Follow: CBS Sports App
Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
Ticket Cost: $78.50

What to Know

The Pistons have quite the challenge ahead of them as they’re expected to be blown off the court. They will head out on the road to take on the New York Knicks at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday at Madison Square Garden. The Pistons are limping into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.

The Pistons suffered their closest loss since January 12th on Saturday. They fell just short of Orlando by a score of 112-109. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for the Pistons in their matchups with the Magic: they’ve now lost five in a row.

Meanwhile, New York ended up a good deal behind the Celtics on Saturday and lost 116-102.

The Knicks’ defeat came about despite a quality game from Jalen Brunson, who almost dropped a double-double on 34 points and nine assists. Brunson didn’t help the Knicks’ cause all that much against the 76ers on Thursday but the same can’t be said for this game.

Detroit’s defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 8-48. As for New York, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 34-23 record this season.

The Pistons came up short against the Knicks in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 118-112. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brunson, who went 7 for 12 from beyond the arc en route to 42 points and 8 assists. Now that the Pistons know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There’s only one way to find out.

Odds

New York is a big 11-point favorite against Detroit, according to the latest NBA odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 11-point spread, and stayed right there.

The over/under is 223.5 points.

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Series History

New York has won all of the games they’ve played against Detroit in the last 3 years.

Nov 30, 2023 – New York 118 vs. Detroit 112
Jan 15, 2023 – New York 117 vs. Detroit 104
Nov 29, 2022 – New York 140 vs. Detroit 110
Nov 11, 2022 – New York 121 vs. Detroit 112
Oct 21, 2022 – New York 130 vs. Detroit 106
Mar 27, 2022 – New York 104 vs. Detroit 102
Dec 29, 2021 – New York 94 vs. Detroit 85
Dec 21, 2021 – New York 105 vs. Detroit 91
Apr 03, 2021 – New York 125 vs. Detroit 81
Mar 04, 2021 – New York 114 vs. Detroit 104

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Report: Lions tender K Jake Bates ERFA offer

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12 hours ago

March 4, 2026

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Report: Lions tender K Jake Bates ERFA offer

The Detroit Lions are starting to take care of their own ahead of free agency, and it begins with one of the easier decisions to make. According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the Lions have tendered kicker Jake Bates an exclusive rights free agent offer. What that means is Bates now has a one-year contract offer at the minimum salary ($1,075,000 for Bates). He can choose to sign it or sit out the season.

The reason the Lions can offer this ERFA tender is because Bates’ contract is expiring after just two accrued seasons in the NFL. All players with fewer than three years of experience who are on expiring contracts could be offered these ERFA tenders. In fact, the Lions did so with three other ERFAs earlier this offseason, all of whom already signed the deals: OL Michael Niese, RB Jacob Saylors, and CB Nick Whiteside.

Bates is coming off a season where he took a step back after an outstanding 2024. After making 89.7% of his field goals in his first year with the Lions, Bates slid back to just 79.4% accuracy. That said, five of his seven misses all season were from 50+ yards, and he was a perfect 14-of-14 from 39 yards or shorter. Additionally, he increased his extra point accuracy from 95.5% to 96.4%. He also steadily improved at the new NFL kickoff, which requires a lot more precision from kickers to boot the ball as close to the goal line without going into the end zone.

It’s unclear if the Lions intend on bringing in competition for Bates this offseason, but special teams coordinator Dave Fipp made it abundantly clear all last season that they value Bates, despite some struggles in 2025.

“Clearly, we have a very, very good player,” Fipp said in December. “If you put him on the streets, there would be a bunch of teams claiming him right away. And the truth is, we’d have a really hard time finding a guy even near the same player as him.”

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Detroit Pistons’ loss to Cavs shows weaknesses before playoffs

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1 day ago

March 4, 2026

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Detroit Pistons’ loss to Cavs shows weaknesses before playoffs

CLEVELAND – In just five days, the Detroit Pistons faced the Cleveland Cavaliers twice.

They split the games to finish their season series against the Central Division rivals, but with a potential reunion looming in the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Pistons came away from both games unsatisfied.

On Friday, it was the Pistons needing overtime to overcome a Cavaliers team missing James Harden and Donovan Mitchell at Little Caesars Arena. On Tuesday, March 3, in Cleveland, however – with Harden back in the lineup – the Pistons struggled in the areas they usually thrive, for a 113-109 loss.

The Pistons’ first loss on the road since Jan. 29 didn’t feature their usual fire for much of the night.

“I’m frustrated with the effort level, the attention to detail that we played on that end of the floor,” coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “The times and opportunities where we did do the right thing, did get stops, we let people outwork us to come up with offensive rebounds. We can’t afford to not play at maximum effort. That’s been our superpower all year long and, tonight, I felt like there were times where we were outworked. If we’re outworked, this isn’t going to be the results that we want.”

The Pistons work at being the league’s most disruptive team via turnovers has given them a top-three defensive rating. They force turnovers on 17.2% of possessions – best in the NBA –and only trail the Houston Rockets in offensive rebounding percentage. They also lead the league in steals and blocks per game. Getting out in transition and capitalizing on second-chance opportunities has created an above-average offense despite struggles on 3-point shooting.

For three quarters against the Cavaliers, little of that materialized – as least until the Pistons grabbed seven steals in the final period (after just two in the first three). Overall, the Pistons were beat on the offensive glass (11-10), mustered just 10 fastbreak points (their lowest total since Jan. 27) and picked up 11 second-chance points (their least since Feb. 6).

It was, in all, a lackadaisical defensive performance, with the Pistons repeatedly losing shooters behind the arc as the Cavs knocked down 17 3-pointers – eight more than the Pistons.

“Obviously they’re a good team, but we haven’t been playing to our standard on that side of the ball,” Pistons wing Javonte Green said. “Coach talked about the effort we need to bring every game. We just need to play harder. We can’t get outworked on offensive rebounds and 50-50 balls, that’s our identity. I feel like we needed to pick up that slack.”

The Pistons also were hurt by a poor shooting performance by Cade Cunningham; he finished with 10 points and 14 assists but shot 4-for-16. Cleveland threw multiple defenders at him all night, and he obliged by passing the ball and setting up his teammates. It led to a big second half for Tobias Harris, who scored all 19 of his points in the last two quarters.

But it wasn’t enough.

“On the defensive end we just couldn’t put up a wall, couldn’t get a stand going,” Cunningham said. “Personally, I had a lot of bad closeouts; just off the ball, I didn’t feel sharp. Just gotta clean all that stuff up.”

With 22 games remaining, the Pistons are focused on cleaning up the margins so they’ll be ready for postseason play. These two games against the Cavaliers have given them a list of areas to clean up.

Friday, they needed an extra period to win after rallying from a late nine-point deficit despite losing Cunningham late after he fouled out with just under two minutes left in the fourth quarter. Jalen Duren and Daniss Jenkins stepped up in overtime after Duncan Robinson also fouled out.

Mostly, the Cavaliers have proven they can pounce during soft stretches on defense. Thursday brings another rematch with a contender, as the Pistons wrap up a three-game road trip against the San Antonio Spurs (another opponent from last week).

“We didn’t play our best basketball the other night,” Bickerstaff said of the Cavaliers’ game on Feb. 27. “Give our guys credit because we played 53 minutes and were able to pull it out in some adverse conditions. Cade fouls out, Duncan fouls out, our guys still figure out a way to get it done.

“We need to be better. We need to be better defensively, we need to impose ourselves on the game a little bit more than we did last game. I thought the last two quarters of the Orlando game [on Sunday] were the best quarters we’ve played defensively since New York [on Feb. 19]. I hope, and told our guys, that we can continue to build off that, because that’s where it always starts for us. You can tell the tone by how we are defensively and how we’re getting after it.”

Contact Omari Sankofa II at osankofa@freepress.com. Follow him on Bluesky and/or X @omarisankofa.

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Next up: Spurs

Matchup: Pistons (45-15) at San Antonio (44-17).

Tipoff: 8 p.m. Thursday, March 5; Frost Bank Center, San Antonio.

TV/radio: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit; WXYT-FM (97.1).

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Police search for suspect, accomplice after teen injured in shooting outside Detroit school gym

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2 days ago

March 3, 2026

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Police search for suspect, accomplice after teen injured in shooting outside Detroit school gym

March 3, 2026 / 6:54 PM EST
/ CBS Detroit

The Detroit Police Department is searching for a suspect and an accomplice in connection with a shooting last week that injured a teen outside a school gym.

The shooting happened in the 3400 block of St. Aubin, the same area where the Detroit Edison Public School Academy’s Early College of Excellence is located. Police say that at about 8:27 p.m. on Feb. 27, there was an altercation inside the gym that continued outside.

Detroit police are searching for a suspect and their accomplice in connection with a shooting outside a school.

Detroit Police Department

Police say the suspect allegedly fired multiple shots at the victim, striking him. The teen was taken to a hospital for treatment. His current condition is unknown.

Police say the accomplice who was with the suspect was also armed.

Anyone with information is asked to call DPD’s seventh precinct at 313-596-5740, Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up or DetroitRewards.tv.

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