The New York Knicks went on a 9-0 run in the third quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 96-84.
The Pistons led 61-60 when RJ Barrett’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Knicks ahead for good with 5:18 left in the third quarter. He scored 7 points as they took a 69-61 lead with 3:20 left in the quarter, and they led by as many as 14 in the fourth quarter.
The Pistons got within 77-74 on Bruce Brown’s pull-up 3-pointer with 10:16 to play, but Bobby Portis answered with a three-point play, and the Pistons got no closer.
Early in the fourth quarter, Frank Ntilikina had 2 steals, and the Knicks scored 4 points off them.
Julius Randle had 22 points (12 in the paint), 12 rebounds and 3 steals, and Mitchell Robinson added 14 points (10 in the paint), 11 rebounds and 3 blocks off the bench.
For the Pistons, Christian Wood had 22 points and 8 rebounds, and Tony Snell went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Knicks held the Pistons to 84 points and outscored them 54-32 in the paint. The Pistons got 5 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.