This is an 8* ART OF THE GAME on the Detroit Pistons.

The Pistons play with revenge here and catch a deflated Knicks team which is coming off a loss just last night; when the smoke does finally clear at the end of this one, I look for the home side to pull away down the stretch for the comfortable ATS cover. The home side will certainly be the more motivated team, it hasn't won a single game so far this year and I think that new coach Stan Van Gundy will have his troops ready to play. A bright spot for the home side has been the play of big man Greg Monroe, who had 18 points off the bench in his season debut, a 102-90 setback to Brooklyn on Saturday. The Knicks can empahtize with the struggling Pistons offense, they've averaged just 88.5 PPG as they try to get accustomed to the new triangle offense. After back to back victories over Cleveland and Charlotte, New York came out flat in last nights 98-83 setback to Washington. As a situational handicapper, these are the types of games that I keep my eyes open for, desperation breeds motivation and all signs point to the PISTONS as the savvy move in this one.

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