Knicks vs. Pistons Game 6 Preview: Who Will Step Up?

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00:00Let's get to tonight's game between the Knicks and Pistons where Detroit is favored by a point

00:05and a half, which is what they were the last time they played at home, and they lost to the Knicks.

00:09Gilbert, it certainly feels like if the Knicks play their game, they win and they move on,

00:13but there have been moments in the series where they are not playing their game. I mean,

00:17how many times could they ask Jalen Brunson to just carry them in the fourth?

00:22Yeah, and that's a tough question because the further that this series goes, the more banged

00:26up he's getting, he's turning his ankle, he's falling on the ground and all these things like

00:29that, and they're asking a lot of him, and credit to the Pistons. They're keeping the Knicks from

00:34playing their game in some of these spots, and I said it earlier in the week, they had opportunities

00:39to be up in this series, and Detroit, I think, is going to have another sense of pride tonight.

00:43I said they weren't going to go outside in game five, and now they're back home. They don't want

00:47to go 0-3 at home in this series. The Detroit fans have not seen a playoff win in a very long

00:53time in person, and I expect the Pistons to force a game seven for those reasons. It's just really

00:58hard to see them losing three times at home. The Knicks are a very good road team, but I think the

01:02Pistons take care of business and force a game seven where anything could happen.

01:05Who do you like best to step up over or under their total tonight? Let's take a look on the

01:10FanDuel Sportsbook. Cunningham, Brunson, Towns, 27.5, 28.5, 23.5. Those are the numbers we're

01:19looking at on that graphic. Anyone in particular stand out? Towns stands out the most to me,

01:24thinking about the way he's been shooting the ball, the big shots that he made down the stretch,

01:28specifically in game four. I think that his offensive skills and talents are great. I know

01:33that Jalen Brunson has the injury issue, and that gives you some pause, but he's a great playoff

01:37performer, so you can't really go wrong with him. I'm just getting a little bit of pause with the

01:41ankle injuries, and that's probably why the number is a little bit lower than we usually see. It's usually in

01:44the 30s.