Conference play is underway in men’s college basketball, but the teams near the top of the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll have thus far continued their winning ways. As such, there are only minor changes in the upper tier of the rankings.

Michigan remains No. 1, increasing its lead over No. 2 Arizona. The Wolverines received 24 of 31 first-place votes this week, with the Wildcats claiming the other seven. No. 3 Iowa State and No. 4 Connecticut also hold steady.

The rest of the top 10 saw a bit of shuffling. Purdue is back up to No. 5, once again swapping places with No. 6 Duke. No. 7 Houston also moves up a spot, edging ahead of No. 8 Gonzaga. Brigham Young and Vanderbilt rise one place to complete the top 10

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Unbeaten Nebraska continues its upward trajectory at No. 11 after a defeat of Michigan State. Alabama improves to No. 12, one spot ahead of the Spartans, who slip four places.

No. 24 Villanova joins the poll this week, and SMU edges in at No. 25 just ahead of Central Florida. Defending champion Florida falls out of the rankings along with St. John’s.

Alabama football landed a commitment from NC State’s Hollywood Smothers on Jan. 5, one of the best running backs available in the transfer portal. He announced the move on social media.

Smothers, a two-year starter for the Wolfpack, rushed for 939 yards with six touchdowns on 160 carries this season, and also caught 37 passes for 189 yards and another score. He joins a running back room that desperately needs playmakers, as Alabama averaged 3.4 yards per carry as a team in 2025.

Smothers started his career at Oklahoma, where he played sparingly as a true freshman in 2023. He was a four-star recruit tabbed as the No. 26 running back nationally out of high school, according to 247Sports’ Composite rankings.

Smothers chose Oklahoma over Florida State and NC State out of high school, although he also held an offer from Alabama. The Crimson Tide ended up with Justice Haynes and Richard Young in 2023, both of whom have since left or entered the transfer portal.

Smothers projects as Alabama’s starting running back in 2026, after the Crimson Tide lost leading rusher Jam Miller, who declared for the NFL draft on Jan 5. Alabama also returns true freshman Daniel Hill, who rushed for 284 yards and a team-leading six rushing touchdowns.

Smothers is Alabama’s second transfer portal commit of its 2026 class, joining former Oklahoma State tight end Josh Ford.

Mississippi football quarterback Trinidad Chambliss will return to the Rebels for the 2026 season if he receives a sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA, he said on ESPN’s ‘SportsCenter’ on Monday, Jan. 5.

Chambliss, who has emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in college football in his first season at the Division I level, has led Ole Miss to the College Football Playoff semifinals after taking over the job from Austin Simmons early in the season. Chambliss will return to Ole Miss for 2026 if he’s allowed, despite his former head coach Lane Kiffin and offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. leaving for LSU.

Chambliss said he considered LSU but ultimately realized Ole Miss was the right place for him, should he receive another year.

‘I guess so, but at the end of the day I just made the right decision and that was to stick with my gut,’ Chambliss said on ‘SportsCenter.’ ‘Ole Miss has been good to me, and I feel like I owe it to Ole Miss. I just love it here and I love the community, so that was the right choice.’

Chambliss, a first-year transfer from Division II Ferris State, is hoping to receive a retroactive redshirt for the 2022 season, in which he didn’t play due to chronic tonsillitis and heart palpitations. He redshirted in his first college season in 2021.

‘My respiratory system just wasn’t the best at the time,’ Chambliss said.

The 6-foot-1 senior passed for 362 yards with two touchdowns in Ole Miss’ 39-34 win over Georgia in the CFP quarterfinals on Jan. 1, avenging the Rebels’ lone loss this season. Chambliss has 3,660 passing yards with 21 touchdowns to three interceptions in 2025, also rushing for 520 yards and eight scores.

Ferris State won the Division II national championship with Chambliss at the helm in 2024, scoring 51 total touchdowns in 15 starts.

Austin Simmons, who started the season as Ole Miss’ starter, has already entered the transfer portal although he’s finishing out the season with the Rebels. Ole Miss also hasn’t shown interest in any transfer portal quarterbacks so far this offseason.

‘I deserve it,’ Chambliss said Dec. 30 at Sugar Bowl media day. ‘I’ve only played three seasons of college football. I feel like I deserve to play four. I redshirted in 2021. That was my freshman redshirt. Then I medically redshirted in 2022. Played in 2023, 2024 and this is 2025.’

Ole Miss faces No. 10 Miami at the Fiesta Bowl for a spot in the national championship on Thursday, Jan. 8.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders gave a measured response when asked about the team’s decision to fire head coach Kevin Stefanski after six seasons.

Sanders was among the first players to speak to the media after Stefanski’s firing. It came during a news conference that the rookie quarterback acknowledged came ‘a couple seconds’ after Cleveland’s players were made aware of the organization’s decisions.

‘I think it’s just overall the mentality like, things gonna happen. That’s just how the league is,’ Sanders said when discussing Stefanski’s departure. ‘Moving forward, just focus on what we can improve individually for the next head coach.’

Stefanski was twice named the NFL’s Coach of the Year with the Browns and led Cleveland to its first playoff win since the 1994 NFL season in his first year in 2020.

However, recent seasons haven’t gone as well for Cleveland. The Browns posted a combined 8-26 record over the 2023 and 2024 campaigns, dropping Stefanski’s overall record with the team to 45-56.

And those recent struggles are ultimately what prompted the Browns to move on from Stefanski, as owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam communicated in a statement announcing the 44-year-old’s firing.

Now, Cleveland will shift its focus toward finding a successor for Stefanski.

Meanwhile, Sanders doesn’t know exactly what his future will hold but feels confident about the way he carried himself and performed during his rookie season.

‘I think I did what I was able to do,’ Sanders said when asked whether he had showed Browns general manager Andrew Berry enough to inspire confidence as the team’s 2026 starter. ‘I definitely grew from a lot of things. I got experience now. I’m always the same confidence-wise, I’m there. But that’s not in my hands. That’s not my decision. I can’t speak on what other people feel.’

Alex Bazzell has a vision for Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league beginning its second season on Monday, Jan. 5, in Miami, Florida.

“What we want to build this into is the Champions League of women’s basketball,” said Bazzell, the president of Unrivaled. “And that’s not a competition towards the WNBA. It’s just where we feel like we can kind of position ourselves in the market.”

Comparing the fledgling 3-on-3 basketball league to arguably the most popular in worldwide soccer isn’t exactly apples to apples, but Unrivaled will be home to most of the best players in women’s basketball. The 54 players on eight teams feature former WNBA MVPs like Breanna Stewart, Olympians like Kelsey Plum, former collegiate national champs like Aliyah Boston and rising stars like Dominique Malonga.

As Unrivaled starts its second season, money is flowing into the league. Games will once again be broadcast by TNT Sports, airing on TNT, truTV and HBO Max. Big name sponsors, including Sephora, Maker’s Mark, Samsung and Cheez-It, have signed on.

Bazzell is confident in the league’s long-term outlook and believes this is just the beginning of a long and successful venture.

“We’re still in inning one or two of what women’s basketball is inevitably going to become,” said Bazzell, who is married to Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier. “My strong belief is, once people remove the women’s sports blinders and start looking at it relative to what’s going on in the ecosystem in terms of the data, it points to that right now. So we are very bullish on not just where we are today, but where we’re going tomorrow.”

Paige Bueckers headlines new stars in Unrivaled

Paige Bueckers, a former national champion at UConn and the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year for the Dallas Wings, enters Unrivaled this season with Breeze. She’ll play alongside Cameron Brink, Rickea Jackson, Kate Martin, Aari McDonald and Malonga.

“She’s been really ahead of her time, not just on the court, but off the court, her maturity level,” Bazzell said. “You know, Paige is a superstar, and Paige is someone that raises the level of everyone else, and I think that’s what’s really important.”

Bueckers is no stranger to the 3-on-3 game, having featured for the U.S. national team in a pair of international tournaments in 2019.

How WNBA CBA negotiations could impact Unrivaled

Unrivaled begins its second season during a tumultuous time in the landscape of women’s professional basketball.

The WNBA is locked into tense negotiations with its players over a new collective bargaining agreement. The vice presidents of the WNBA Player’s Association, Stewart and Collier, also happen to be the founders of Unrivaled — which has consistently insisted it is not in competition with the WNBA. Still, Unrivaled offers better compensation than the WNBA with six-figure salaries and equity in the league for its players. Those are two things WNBA players are now trying to negotiate for in the CBA.

During a press conference Monday morning, Bazzell was asked about the WNBA potentially seeking exclusivity for its players during these CBA negotiations — essentially forbidding them from playing in other leagues — and how that could impact Unrivaled.

“We don’t believe that future is near,” Bazzell said. “These are all business decisions — playing in the WNBA, playing overseas, playing with us. We continue to really be adamant that we’re providing the best spot for all the best players, and as long as we do that, inevitably, it’s going to solve some of the problems that really aren’t in our control, right?”

Bazzell added: “We’re not in constant dialog of (partnering with the WNBA). You know, I don’t want to speak too much of what’s going on behind the scenes, but as I’ve made very clear, we’re open to growing the ecosystem.”

Development team aims to ease roster management

One new feature for Unrivaled this season is a six player development pool that teams can sign from as injuries occur. The players will remain on site in Miami through the duration of the season and will be available through a waiver system if a team drops below five players due to injuries or absences.

The players making up the development pool this season include Hailey Van Lith, Aziaha James, Haley Jones, Emily Engstler, Laeticia Amihere and Makayla Timpson. They’ll practice and scrimmage and could play for multiple teams throughout the season.

“I’m proud of the decision that we made to build that pool, because I think it takes pressure off the league,” Bazzell said. “It takes pressure off the players, you know, if they feel like they’re injured, not having to put themselves in a spot that may risk further injury, but knowing that there’s other great players ready on standby, if that were to happen.”

Fernando Lovo is the new 37-year-old athletic director for the University of Colorado.
Lovo takes over an athletic department facing a projected $27 million deficit for the current fiscal year.
The deficit stems from new revenue-sharing costs with players and a new contract for football coach Deion Sanders.

Deion Sanders’ new athletic director at Colorado had never been to Boulder before he took the job last week and still doesn’t know the words to the Colorado fight song.

But when he gave his first news conference Monday as Sanders’ 37-year-old new boss, Fernando Lovo made sure to mention Colorado’s live bison mascot and how he’d follow Sanders’ lead as coach of the football team.

“I can’t wait to stand in Folsom Field and see Ralphie run for the first time,” said Lovo, who came to Colorado after previously serving as athletic director of New Mexico. “Coach Prime, I’m coming out right behind you, baby. We’re going. OK?”

It was the only time Lovo mentioned Sanders in his introductory news conference Jan. 5 in Boulder. But he didn’t have to. Bigger issues needed to be addressed as he takes over an athletic department that is facing a projected $27 million deficit for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

Generating revenue to cut that deficit down is one of them.

‘We’ve got to find ways to increase our revenue’

It’s why his employment contract at Colorado calls for him to get a $200,000 bonus if he can fundraise $25 million in donations by that same date.

“Early on, we’ve got to find ways to increase our revenue, right?” Lovo said.

What if he doesn’t, though?

Colorado chancellor Justin Schwartz, Lovo’s boss, used a word that suggests the top leadership of the university system has Lovo’s back as Colorado tries to navigate the changing world of college sports and all the big expenses that come with it. That word is “alignment” between the university administration, the governing Board of Regents and athletics. And it could mean the university will continue to essentially bail out athletics as necessary.

“We talk often about college athletics being the front porch of the university, and you know, in today’s era, there’s a camera and a microphone at every front door watching every front porch” Schwartz said. “So it’s an integral part of who we are. It’s a critical part of the experience of all of our students, not just the student-athletes… It’s important that we’re lockstep.”

Getting Deion Sanders team back on track a priority

Colorado previously has committed to not cutting any sports. It faces the same revenue challenges as many other schools, all of whom faced a new $20.5 million expense this year for revenue sharing with players. In Colorado’s case, the university also gave Sanders a new contract last year that nearly doubled his pay to $10 million and more annually for five years. Sanders then led his team to a 3-9 record as attendance and viewership dropped. Colorado deficit stems from those two big costs.

Meanwhile, faculty and staff on campus have been told to pinch pennies because of the larger budget situation on campus.

Getting football back on track will help him drive revenue and navigate that situation. Lovo becomes only the seventh full-time athletic director in school history and replaces Rick George, who previously announced he was stepping into a new role effective July 1, 2026. George will stay on until then to show Lovo the ropes and help fundraise for the school after that. He will make $1.2 million annually and has incentives in his contract to make more than that. For example, he’ll get another $200,000 if he can fundraise an additional $25 million between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027.

“To me, this is a destination job,” Lovo said. “This is an unbelievable, first and foremost, academic institution that has an iconic brand, one that’s recognizable, not just here in the United States, but across the globe. And those opportunities don’t come along very often. And when you talk about a couple of things, the leadership, and the alignment of the leadership, from the regents to the president, all the way down to the Chancellor… And then to be able to come in and follow just an incredible human being, and a great leader, and administrator, in Rick George, this was the just the perfect opportunity for me and for my family.”

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The 2025 FCS national champion will be crowned on Monday, Jan. 5, when Illinois State and Montana State face off in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Redbirds have ridden a Cinderella run all the way into the title game, as they entered the bracket with an 8-4 record and without a national seed. Illinois State, who has played on the road in each playoff game this season, upset No. 1-ranked North Dakota State 29-28 in the second round before beating UC Davis and Villanova.

Watch FCS national championship game between Illinois State and Montana State live with Fubo (free trial)

Montana State is coming off a massive 48-23 win over archrival Montana to win its first-ever game against its rival in an FCS playoff game. The No. 2 Bobcats have won three consecutive games against the Grizzlies.

Montana State is looking to take the national championship after falling to North Dakota State 35-32 last season in Frisco, Texas.

USA TODAY Sports is bringing live updates and highlights from the FCS national championship game. Follow along:

Illinois State vs Montana State score

This section will be updated live.

Illinois State vs Montana State live updates

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Where is the FCS national championship game?

The FCS national championship game between Illinois State and Montana State is being held at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, where Vanderbilt plays its home games.

The title game was held in Frisco, Texas, from 2010-25, but was moved due to renovations at Toyota Stadium. It’s unclear where the FCS championship game will be held after 2027, when the renovations are complete.

Why is Taco Dowler named Taco?

‘My dad said, ‘What do you want for breakfast, McLean?’ That’s my real name,’ Dowler told MontanaSports.com in 2020. ‘And I said, ‘My name’s Taco.’ And Caden said, ‘My name’s Burrito.’ So Caden was Burrito for like six months and I was Taco.’

Tommy Rittenhouse stats

Illinois State fifth-year quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse ranks second in FCS in touchdown passes and has been one of the most prolific players in FCS this season. Here are his full stats for the 2025 season so far:

Passing: 301-of-470 passing (64%) for 3,257 yards with 36 touchdowns to 12 interceptions
Rushing: 101 carries for 408 yards with seven touchdowns

What time does Illinois State vs Montana State start?

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Date: Monday, Jan. 5
Location: FirstBank Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)

The FCS national championship game is set for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Monday, Jan. 5, at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee

What TV channel is Illinois State vs Montana State on today?

TV channel: ESPN
Streaming: ESPN app, Fubo (free trial)

Illinois State vs. Montana State will air live on ESPN, with streaming options available on the ESPN app or Fubo, which offers a free trial.

Illinois State vs Montana State predictions, picks, odds

Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Monday, Jan. 5

Spread: Montana State (-10.5)
Over/under: 57.5
Moneyline: Montana State -450 | Illinois State +340

Prediction: Montana State 38, Illinois State 20

Montana State puts an end to Illinois State’s impressive run to the FCS national championship game, avenging its loss in the title game from last season. The Bobcats rush for over 200 yards in the win.

Canada and Finland fell short in Sunday’s world junior hockey championship semifinals, but there’s still a medal up for grabs on Monday, Jan 5.

The two countries will play for a bronze medal, starting at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. local time) at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Canada lost 6-4 to Czechia on Sunday and Finland lost to Sweden 4-3 in a shootout. Sweden and Czechia will play for the gold medal at 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday.

Canada and Finland faced each other in the final game of the preliminary round with the Canadians skating off with a 7-4 victory.

USA TODAY Sports is providing live updates on the bronze medal game between Canada and Finland. :

Finland pulls goalie

It’s 6-on-5.

Two minutes left

Carter George gets a big save on Arttu Valila.

Gavin McKenna scores for Canada

Finland’s Petteri Rimpinen loses his stick as Canada pressures. Gavin McKenna has a wide-open net to shoot at. He has four points in the game. So does MIchael Hage, who draws an assist. Canada 6, Finland 3

Finland power play

After killing off a penalty, Finland gets a power play when Ethan MacKenzie is called for holding. Finland is 1-for-2 in the game. Canada’s Jett Luchanko gets a shorthanded breakaway, but Finnish goalie Petteri Rimpinen makes a glove save.

Michael Hage injury update

Hage was on the power play so he’s back in action.

Canada power play

Finland called for too many men on the ice. The Finns kill it off.

Third period underway

Finland has a carryover power play. And that’s killed off.

End of second: Canada 5, Finland 3

Canada gets another power play goal to pad its lead, but Finland kills off the last Canadian man advantage and Heikki Ruohonen scores to make it closer.

Finland power play

Michael Misa is called for holding. There will be a carryover of 33 seconds into the third period.

Michael Hage injury update

The Canadian forward is not on the bench after taking a hard fall earlier in the game, TSN reports.

Finland gets one goal back

Heikki Ruohonen shows nice speed getting to the right faceoff circle and fires over a sliding defenseman and past Carter George to get Finland closer. Canada 5, Finland 3.

Canada power play

Emil Hemming is called for slashing. Canada is 2-for-2 so far. Finland kills that one off as Canada hits a post.

Sam O’Reilly scores again

Canada’s vaunted power play strikes again. Sam O’Reilly gets his second goal of the game on a deflection. Canada 5, Finland 2

Canada power play

Heikki Ruohonen slashes Michael Misa. Canada has a power play goal in this game.

Porter Martone scores for Canada

Martone takes the tournament lead with his sixth goal. Zayne Parekh adds an assist to give him 13 career points, a Canadian record for a defenseman. Canada 4, Finland 2

Second period underway

3-2 Canada.

End of first: Canada 3, Finland 2

These teams’ first meeting ended at 7-4 Canada. This one is equally high scoring. Zayne Parekh has the go-ahead goal and ties the record for most points by a Canadian defenseman at the world junior championships.

Zayne Parekh puts Canada ahead

It’s his fifth goal of the tournament. It would have been his sixth, but his semifinal goal was awarded to Cole Reschy earlier Monday. Parekh ties Alex Pietrangelo and Bryan McCabe for most points (12) by a Canadian defenseman. Canada 3, Finland 2

Canada power play

Lasse Boelius cross-checks Cole Beaudoin to prevent a scoring change.

Finland ties game

Finland work the puck around well on the power play, but Carter George makes some good saves. After a failed Canada clearing attempt, the Finns work it to Julius Miettinen, who beats George from the right faceoff circle. Canada 2, Finland 2

Finland power play

Zayne Parekh gets called for holding as he tackles a Finland player.

Canada retakes lead

Braeden Cootes gives Canada the lead again. That’s three goals in less than five minutes in this game. Canada 2, Finland 1

Finland ties game

Arttu Valila scores on the first Finland shot. He had scored the overtime winner against the USA in the quarterfinals. Canada 1, Finland 1

Canada scores first

Sam O’Reilly scores 70 seconds into the game. Michael Hage and Gavin McKenna pick up the assists. Canada 1, Finland 0

Game underway

Goalie matchup is Canada’s Carter George vs. Finland’s Petteri Rimpinen.

What channel is Canada vs Finland world juniors hockey bronze-medal game today?

TV channel: NHL Network

Livestream: Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers, or Sling TV.

Watch world junior championships on Fubo

What time is Canada vs Finland world juniors hockey bronze-medal game today?

Date: Monday, Jan. 5

Time: 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 local time)

The Canada vs. Finland game is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. ET at the Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the home of the Minnesota Wild.

World juniors hockey bronze-medal game: How to watch, stream

Time: 4:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 5

Location: Grand Casino Arena (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

TV: NHL Network

Streaming: Fubo and certain levels of Sling TV carry NHL Network.

World junior championships medal games today

Monday, Jan. 5

All times p.m. ET

Finland lineup vs. Canada

Canada lineup vs. Finland

No Brady Martin, who was injured in the semifinal. Liam Greentree is dressing. Carter George will be the starting goalie, Jack Ivankovic, who played in the semifinal, isn’t dressed.

Canada players to watch

Penn State forward Gavin McKenna could go No. 1 overall in the 2026 NHL Draft. He has 10 points in six games at the tournament. Canada defenseman Zayne Parekh, a Flames prospect, is tied for the scoring lead with 11 points. Parekh and captain Porter Martone, a Flyers draft pick, are among the co-leaders with five goals.

Finland players to watch

Draft eligible Jasper Kuhta and Flyers prospect Heikki Ruohonen lead Finland with seven points each. Roope Vesterinen and Joona Saarelainen (Lightning) have four goals each.

Hockey Canada mourns death of David Branch

The organization put out a statement on the death of David Branch, the former Ontario Hockey League commissioner and Canadian Hockey League president who died Sunday at 77. Branch ran the OHL, one of Canada’s three major junior hockey leagues, from 1979 until his retirement in 2024. He was CHL president from 1996 to 2019. ‘David’s impact on junior hockey in Canada is incalculable,’ the statement said. ‘He played a significant role in helping establish Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence, and was recognized for his achievements by being invested into the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2016. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, and we know his legacy will continue to impact the game moving forward.”

Canada beat Finland earlier in tournament

Canada won 7-4 in their matchup on Dec. 31. Brad Martin had two goals in that game, but he left the semifinal game with an injury after a collision. Cole Beaudoin also had two goals, plus an assist, for Canada. Roope Vesterinen had a goal and an assist to lead Finland.

The NBA season is nearing its midway point, meaning we’ve got a pretty good understanding of who’s real, who’s fake, and who’s trying to make a name. In the Eastern Conference, one thing is for certain: both the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks are serious contenders.

The Pistons currently sit atop the Eastern Conference Standings with a 26-9 record, three games better than the second-place Knicks (23-12). But cracks have started to show in the Motor City. Detroit has lost three of its last five games, including a loss to the struggling Utah Jazz (12-22). Furthermore, the Pistons are playing the second game of a back-to-back Monday night, making this matchup against an experienced Knicks squad that much tougher.

The Knicks, however, have suffered a similar drought, losing each of their last three games to the San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers. New York might only boast a .500 record on the road this year, but catching Detroit in a slump after the Pistons’ grueling contest against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Jan. 4 might be the Knicks’ best chance to break out of this three-game skid.

Here’s how to watch this intriguing Eastern Conference matchup between the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons on Monday, Jan. 5:

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Date: Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit
TV: N/A
Stream: Peacock

Knicks vs. Pistons betting odds

Here are the latest odds for the Knicks vs. Pistons game, according to BetMGM as of Monday afternoon:

Spread: Pistons +1.5
Money: Knicks -120; Pistons +100
Over/under: 232.5

Injury report for Knicks-Pistons

New York Knicks:

Josh Hart – out (right ankle)
Landry Shamet – out (right shoulder)

Detroit Pistons:

Cade Cunningham – probable (right hip)
Jalen Duren – out (right ankle)
Tobias Harris – out (left hip)
Caris LeVert – doubtful (left knee)
Duncan Robinson – probable (left calf)

New York Knicks starting lineup

*Lineups listed per NBA.com

PG: Jalen Brunson
SG: Mikal Bridges
SF: OG Anunoby
PF: Karl-Anthony Towns
C: Mitchell Robinson

Detroit Pistons starting lineup

*Lineups listed per NBA.com

PG: Cade Cunningham
SG: Duncan Robinson
SF: Ausar Thompson
PF: Paul Reed
C: Isaiah Stewart