{"id":611880,"date":"2026-02-19T15:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/611880\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:53:24","slug":"knicks-vs-pistons-prediction-odds-line-time-2026-nba-picks-for-thursday-feb-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/611880\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks vs. Pistons prediction, odds, line, time: 2026 NBA picks for Thursday, Feb. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teams that entered the all-star break on a roll look to heat back up when the Detroit Pistons<\/a> battle the New York Knicks<\/a> on Thursday night. Detroit is the top seed in the East and has won eight of 10, while New York is the third seed and is also 8-2 in its last 10 games. The Pistons (40-13), who lead the Central Division, are 18-7 on the road this season. The Knicks (35-20), second in the Atlantic Division, are 21-7 on their home court. Jalen Duren<\/a> (suspended) and Isaiah Stewart<\/a> (suspended) are out for Detroit, while OG Anunoby<\/a> (toe) is questionable for New York.<\/p>\n

Tip-off from Madison Square Garden in New York City is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The Knicks lead the all-time series 222-181, but the Pistons have won the last five meetings. New York is a 4.5-point favorite in the latest Pistons vs. Knicks odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 221.5. Before making any Knicks vs. Pistons picks,\u00a0check out the NBA predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New users can target the\u00a0DraftKings promo code<\/a>, which offers\u00a0$200 in bonus bets if your $5+ bet wins<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA<\/a> game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0profit for $100 players on its top-rated\u00a0NBA picks<\/a>\u00a0over the past eight-plus seasons. The model exited the NBA All-Star break on a sizzling 38-17 roll on top-rated NBA spread picks dating back to last season. Anyone following its\u00a0NBA betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen huge returns.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Pistons vs. Knicks<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted NBA picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several NBA odds<\/a> and NBA betting<\/a> lines for Knicks vs. Pistons:<\/p>\n

Pistons vs. Knicks spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York -4.5 at DraftKings\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pistons vs. Knicks over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

221.5 points<\/p>\n

Pistons vs. Knicks money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Detroit +149, New York -178<\/p>\n

Pistons vs. Knicks picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top Pistons vs. Knicks predictions<\/p>\n

After 10,000 simulations of Knicks vs. Pistons, SportsLine’s model is\u00a0going Over on the total (221.5).\u00a0The Over has hit in five of the last 10 Detroit games, and in four of the past six New York games. Detroit is 6-4 against the spread in its last 10 games. New York, meanwhile, is 8-2 ATS in its last 10.<\/p>\n

The SportsLine model is projecting Detroit’s Cade Cunningham<\/a> to score 23.3 points on average and be one of four Pistons players to score 10.2 or more points. New York’s Jalen Brunson<\/a>, meanwhile, is projected to have 25.8 points as five Knicks players score 11.4 points or more.<\/p>\n

How to make Knicks vs. Pistons picks<\/p>\n

The model has also generated an against-the-spread pick that hits in nearly 70% of simulations.\u00a0You can head to SportsLine to see the model’s NBA picks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So who wins Knicks vs. Pistons, and which side of the spread hits nearly 70% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Pistons vs. Knicks spread to back, all from the model that has returned well over $10,000 on top-rated NBA picks<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teams that entered the all-star break on a roll look to heat back up when the Detroit Pistons…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,296,188,3860,71888,71890,71889,6,24770,9199,191,297,81200,81201,81202],"class_list":{"0":"post-611880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-pistons","11":"tag-detroitpistons","12":"tag-knicks-pistons-odds","13":"tag-knicks-pistons-picks","14":"tag-knicks-pistons-prediction","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-odds","17":"tag-nba-picks","18":"tag-new-york-knicks","19":"tag-pistons","20":"tag-pistons-knicks-odds","21":"tag-pistons-knicks-picks","22":"tag-pistons-knicks-prediction"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116098105852967352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}