NBA head-to-headClassic Rivalry

Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks Head-to-Head

New York Knicks lead the all-time record 226-185 across 425 recorded meetings and 14 meetings without a final source score.

By Stats synced Apr 16, 2026
DET
185
vs
NYK
226
425 meetings14 scores unavailable
All-time

NYK lead 226-185

Recent form

DET 6-4 over the latest 10

Last meeting

DET won 126-111 on Feb 19, 2026

Closeness

41 wins separate the teams

Series context

The average winning margin is 10.4 points across decided games.

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
DateHomeAwayScoreWinner
Feb 19, 2026NYKDET111126DET
Feb 6, 2026DETNYK11880DET
Jan 5, 2026DETNYK12190DET
May 1, 2025DETNYK113116NYK
Apr 29, 2025NYKDET103106DET
Apr 27, 2025DETNYK9394NYK
Apr 24, 2025DETNYK116118NYK
Apr 21, 2025NYKDET94100DET
Apr 19, 2025NYKDET123112NYK
Apr 10, 2025DETNYK115106DET
Last Meeting
Feb 19, 2026Final
NYK
111
HOME
DET
126
AWAY
Pistonswon by15
Pistons' 3rd straight in this series·Game 425 of all-time series

Matchup context

Detroit Pistons have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. New York Knicks lead the complete decided record 226-185. The 10.4-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.

History span
1948 to 2026
76 seasons
Average margin
10.4 points
Across decided games
Playoff history
19
19 playoff meetings across 4 postseasons

All-Time Record

Win Percentage
185W
226W
DET
NYK
45%55%
Detroit PistonsNew York Knicks
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season392 games
176
216
Playoffs19 games
9
10
Detroit Pistons Biggest Win
143101+42
Nov 28, 1962
New York Knicks Biggest Win
13587+48
Dec 20, 1968
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
Season DET NYK Games
202526303
2024255510
202324033
202223044
202122033
202021033
201920123
201819404
201718303
201617224

Matchup Insights

Home / Away Split
124-87DET HOME139-61NYK HOME
AWAY
61-139
DET
AWAY
87-124
NYK
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Pistons: 3 consecutive wins
3
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.4 pts on average
10.4 pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DETTrending Up
Last 1060%
All-Time45%
NYKTrending Down
Last 1040%
All-Time55%
Last 10 Results
DET / NYK

Questions about this record: Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks

How is the Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks meeting total counted?

The source contains 425 recorded meetings. 411 meetings have a winner; 14 meetings have no final source score and do not count as a win. This is why the meeting total can be larger than the two win totals combined.

What is the Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks NBA playoff record?

The playoff subset contains 19 games: Detroit Pistons have 9 wins and New York Knicks have 10. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.

How do recent Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks results compare with the complete record?

Detroit Pistons have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. New York Knicks lead the complete decided record 226-185. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.

Methodology & Data Sources

Last updated

Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.

Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.

Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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