So here’s the bad news first for the Knicks, who won again on the road Sunday: they’ve already used up all their gimme games against the sad-sack Pistons.
For a 12th consecutive time since 2019 — and a fourth time this season — the Knicks handled their business against the resident bottom dweller of the Eastern Conference, getting a season-high 42 points and 15 rebounds from Julius Randle to breeze in Detroit, 117-104.
The surging Knicks (25-19) are six games over-.500 for the first time this season, with winnable home games on the horizon against the Raptors and Wizards. The Pistons (12-35) are young and wasting away another year with an eye toward the draft lottery. Their next game is in Paris on Thursday, and at least the Pistons get some good crepes out of this season.
