Maybe it wasn't Monty Williams' fault in Detroit as the Pistons look just as inept under new coach JB Bickerstaff at 1-5. Brooklyn has won three of its past four and that loss was in OT against Denver. Cam Thomas and Dennis Schroder rank among the NBA Top 10 in scoring and assists, respectively. Brooklyn has won eight of the past nine at home in the series. Might be easy for the Pistons to be looking ahead to the Lakers visiting Motown tomorrow night in one of the franchise's marquee home games of the season.

This is different, as we haven't been thinking about the Nets as a go-with entry for a while. Consecutive wins over the Grizzlies and Bulls, and covers in four straight and five of six, however, are changing our minds, as Brooklyn seems to be responding positively to new HC Jordi Fernandez. Leading among Nets contributors is G Cam Thomas, who has topped 30 points in three of the six games to date and enters Sunday scoring a cool 28.2 ppg, including 32 in Friday's win over Chicago. Meanwhile, though the Pistons seem somewhat upgraded for JB Bickerstaff, they suffered a brutal 128-98 beatdown administered by the Knicks on Friday night, their fifth loss in six tries. Play Nets