Pistons vs Knicks: head-to-head
44 meetings since 2015-16
Detroit Pistons19wins
New York Knicks25Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Pistons and the Knicks have met 44 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Knicks lead the series 25-19.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Pistons won 4 and the Knicks won 2. The most recent game, on October 27, 2026, ended Knicks 111-97.
The home team won 24 of the 44 games (55%). These matchups averaged 213.3 total points, with a typical winning margin of 13.1 points; 11 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Pistons in 2025-26, Knicks in 2023-24, Knicks in 2022-23, Knicks in 2021-22, Knicks in 2020-21, Pistons in 2018-19, Pistons in 2017-18. They have also met 6 times in the playoffs (2024-25), with the Pistons winning 2 and the Knicks 4. Their next meeting is scheduled for February 3, 2027 in Detroit.
Next meetings
| Feb 3, 2027 | Knicks @ Pistons | 7:00 PM EST | DET 54% |
| Feb 17, 2027 | Knicks @ Pistons | 7:00 PM EST | |
| Apr 9, 2027 | Pistons @ Knicks | 7:00 PM EDT |
Probability from today's Elo ratings (home court included); the frozen pre-game figure appears on the game page 7 days before tip-off.
Biggest wins
| Pistons | NYK 80 – 118 DET · 2026-02-06 |
| Knicks | NYK 125 – 81 DET · 2021-04-03 |
2026-27 DET 0 – 1 NYK
| 2026-10-27 | DET 97 – 111 NYK | Final |
2025-26 DET 3 – 0 NYK
| 2026-02-19 | DET 126 – 111 NYK | Final |
| 2026-02-06 | NYK 80 – 118 DET | Final |
| 2026-01-05 | NYK 90 – 121 DET | Final |
2024-25 DET 5 – 5 NYK
| 2025-05-01 · playoffs | NYK 116 – 113 DET | Final |
| 2025-04-29 · playoffs | DET 106 – 103 NYK | Final |
| 2025-04-27 · playoffs | NYK 94 – 93 DET | Final |
| 2025-04-24 · playoffs | NYK 118 – 116 DET | Final |
| 2025-04-21 · playoffs | DET 100 – 94 NYK | Final |
| 2025-04-19 · playoffs | DET 112 – 123 NYK | Final |
| 2025-04-10 | NYK 106 – 115 DET | Final |
| 2025-01-13 | DET 124 – 119 NYK | Final |
| 2024-12-07 | DET 120 – 111 NYK | Final |
| 2024-11-01 | NYK 128 – 98 DET | Final |
2023-24 DET 0 – 3 NYK
| 2024-03-25 | DET 99 – 124 NYK | Final |
| 2024-02-26 | DET 111 – 113 NYK | Final |
| 2023-11-30 | DET 112 – 118 NYK | Final |
2022-23 DET 0 – 4 NYK
| 2023-01-15 | NYK 117 – 104 DET | Final |
| 2022-11-29 | NYK 140 – 110 DET | Final |
| 2022-11-11 | DET 112 – 121 NYK | Final |
| 2022-10-21 | DET 106 – 130 NYK | Final |
2021-22 DET 0 – 3 NYK
| 2022-03-27 | NYK 104 – 102 DET | Final |
| 2021-12-29 | NYK 94 – 85 DET | Final |
| 2021-12-21 | DET 91 – 105 NYK | Final |
2020-21 DET 0 – 3 NYK
| 2021-04-03 | NYK 125 – 81 DET | Final |
| 2021-03-04 | DET 104 – 114 NYK | Final |
| 2021-02-28 | NYK 109 – 90 DET | Final |
2019-20 DET 1 – 2 NYK
| 2020-03-08 | DET 84 – 96 NYK | Final |
| 2020-02-08 | NYK 95 – 92 DET | Final |
| 2019-11-06 | NYK 102 – 122 DET | Final |
2018-19 DET 4 – 0 NYK
| 2019-04-10 | DET 115 – 89 NYK | Final |
| 2019-02-08 | NYK 103 – 120 DET | Final |
| 2019-02-05 | DET 105 – 92 NYK | Final |
| 2018-11-27 | NYK 108 – 115 DET | Final |
2017-18 DET 3 – 0 NYK
| 2018-03-31 | DET 115 – 109 NYK | Final |
| 2017-12-22 | NYK 101 – 104 DET | Final |
| 2017-10-21 | DET 111 – 107 NYK | Final |
2016-17 DET 2 – 2 NYK
| 2017-03-27 | DET 95 – 109 NYK | Final |
| 2017-03-11 | NYK 92 – 112 DET | Final |
| 2016-11-16 | DET 102 – 105 NYK | Final |
| 2016-11-01 | NYK 89 – 102 DET | Final |
2015-16 DET 1 – 2 NYK
| 2016-03-05 | DET 89 – 102 NYK | Final |
| 2016-02-04 | NYK 105 – 111 DET | Final |
| 2015-12-29 | DET 96 – 108 NYK | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.