Sure it's a huge break for the Pistons if Jalen Brunson doesn't play after tweaking his shoulder in New York's,140-106, national TV home win against the Bucks on Sunday. 

But I'm fully expecting Brunson to play. The Pistons have reached the point, though, where they are good enough to hang with the Knicks on the road especially with New York in letdown mode and carrying a high fatigue rating in action for the fourth time in six days and playing without rest. 

Since Dec. 27, the Knicks have played without rest twice. They are 0-2 ATS in those games losing to the Bulls by 13 points and escaping the 6-31 Wizards by four points in overtime.

Detroit is 11- 4 in its last 15 games. This includes five victories in its last seven road games. Detroit is just one game out of the No. 6 playoff seed in the East. Only once in their last 13 games, have the Pistons lost by more than seven points and that was against the Nuggets. 

Detroit and New York last met on Dec. 7 at Madison Square Garden. The Pistons won, 120-111, despite Brunson scoring 31 points. It was the fourth time in their last five meetings at New York that the Pistons covered on the road against the Knicks.