Detroit (51-12) at New York (18-45) 7:30 pm EST

NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The Detroit Pistons look to prove once again to former coach Larry Brown the difference between his old team and his new team.

The Pistons will try to earn their seventh straight win overall against the Knicks and third consecutive triumph at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

Brown, who guided Detroit to the NBA Finals in the past two seasons and the 2003-04 NBA Championship, is experiencing the other end of the spectrum as his Knicks' squad is in contention for the worst record in the league.

The consistently shuffled New York roster has failed tremendously at making this matchup a rivalry between their coach and his former club. The Pistons have dominated the last two meetings by posting a 17-point margin of victory.

Detroit started its three-game road trip with a 105-98 win against Toronto on Wednesday. Chauncey Billups collected 26 points and 10 assists and Tayshaun Prince added 21 for the Pistons, who drained 10-of-14 shots from the arc. Richard Hamilton registered 17 points and six assists.

The Knicks are coming off a 121-117 double-overtime triumph over Atlanta on Wednesday in which the bench produced 77 points. Jamal Crawford led the reserves with 21 points and Nate Robinson and Qyntel Woods added 18 each.

In the most recent contest on January 19, a 105-79 rout by the Pistons, Hamilton scored 26 points and Rasheed Wallace added 23.