Best of the Pistons on 97.1 The Ticket: Host Bet For Pistons/Knicks And How Far Can The Pistons Go?

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Can the Pistons win the Eastern Conference? Could there be a bet brewing between Valenti and a New York radio host over the Pistons and Knicks?

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0:00.0	We found that statement to be very interesting.
0:07.0	Yeah.
0:08.0	Detroit Pistons basketball is all the way back.
0:12.0	They're back to being a really good team.
0:15.0	They were at the end of last year.
0:17.0	All the way back means NBA champion in my mind mind and I don't think they're there yet but
0:24.4	the east away it is they could I'm not saying they will if I was betting I would say they
0:30.9	won't get to the NBA finals so I found a list of strength of schedule, the record of your opponents.
0:41.0	Detroit's strength of schedule so far ranks 20th in the NBA.
0:48.1	Teams in the east, now most of the teams at the top are in the west.
1:00.0	Orlando and Boston played the third and fourth toughest schedule Miami is at eight Atlanta at 13 Washington 15 Brooklyn
1:09.3	18 Milwaukee 19 and then Indiana, Detroit.
1:12.6	Tied for 20th.
1:14.0	Where are the Knicks?
1:15.3	The Knicks are 24th.
1:18.3	I just went through the NICS schedule.
1:20.1	They haven't played a lot of the power brokers out West either.
1:22.6	Okay.
1:24.1	So.
1:24.4	Well, they're playing them.
1:25.4	Well, it doesn't count, but they're playing the Spurs tonight for the NBA Cup. What do you mean it doesn't count? It doesn't count in the standings. The NBA Cup game, this game does not count in the standings? Correct. I thought they worked a way to make these games count the stand this is that right this one doesn't count correct
1:44.9	unless they changed it from last year do you know anybody who's going didn't you have some friends
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