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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 29 | 21 | 14 | 30 | 94 |
 Pistons | 19 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 93 |
NYKTeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 34-9137.4% | 15-3345.5% | 11-1861.1% | 38 | 19 | 10 |
| DET | 36-8442.9% | 7-2924.1% | 14-1782.4% | 54 | 18 | 17 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
New York Knicks94| 44 | 8 | 3-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | +2 | −6.9 | ||||||||
| 42 | 14 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 3-6 | 0 | +2 | +3.4 | |||||||
| 40 | 27 | 10-23 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | −3.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 8 | 3-13 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −9.3 | |||||
| 39 | 32 | 13-26 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | +8.2 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −5.0 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −3.5 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 94 | 34-9137.4% | 15-3345.5% | 38 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 11-1861.1% | 12 | 11 | 3 | |||
Bench 5 points on 1 for 8 shooting
Did not play: P.J. Tucker, Delon Wright, Precious Achiuwa, Pacôme Dadiet, Ariel Hukporti and Tyler Kolek (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons93| 42 | 25 | 11-23 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 0 | +3 | −1.8 | |||||||
| 38 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | +0.4 | |||||||
| 37 | 14 | 5-16 | 4-13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −7.3 | |||||
| 35 | 18 | 6-15 | 0-3 | 0 | 6-6 | −9 | −3.9 | |||||||
| 22 | 8 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | −6.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −4 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | 5-12 | 3-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.5 | |||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +1.0 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.0 | |||||
| Team | 93 | 36-8442.9% | 7-2924.1% | 54 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14-1782.4% | 14 | 6 | 9 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Simone Fontecchio, Lindy Waters III, Marcus Sasser and Bobi Klintman (coach’s decision); Isaiah Stewart (injury/illness).
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PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jalen Brunson had 32 points (15 in the fourth quarter) and 11 assists, and the New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 94-93 for a 3-1 lead in the first-round series.
The Knicks trailed 93-89 with 1:52 left and scored the last 5 points, going ahead for good on Karl-Anthony Towns’ step-back 3-pointer with 47 seconds left.
The Pistons had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Tim Hardaway Jr. missed a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Knicks outscored the Pistons 15-9. Towns scored 8 of the Knicks’ 15 on 3 for 3 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Mikal Bridges had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Brunson’s pull-up 3-pointer that tied the game at 84, and the Knicks scored 5 points off them.
Towns had 27 points and 9 rebounds. Brunson scored 15 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Pistons, Cade Cunningham had 25 points (18 in the paint), 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 blocks.
The Pistons turned it over 19 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Pistons were outscored 14-4 in 3 minutes with Harris, Schröder, Beasley, Cunningham and Duren on the floor together.
New York KnicksDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Knicks’ chance bottomed out at 5% (4th quarter, 8:35 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
83 points from the field on 91 shots: 16.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 10-29 | 34.5% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-18 | 33.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-11 | 27.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-23 | 52.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ausar Thompson | 17 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Dennis Schröder | 16 | 6 | 3-6 | 0 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 15 | 10 | 4-5 | +4 |
| Cade Cunningham | 9 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 9 | 3-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Harris | 29 | 6 | 2-5 | −5 |
| Jalen Duren | 24 | 13 | 5-13 | +4 |
| Ausar Thompson | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Cade Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Duren | 21 | 6 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Tobias Harris | 17 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Cade Cunningham | 8 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DET win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NYK
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Highest Leverage Moments
Towns 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (27 PTS)
Q4 0:47
32.4%
73→40
Hardaway Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Duren 4 AST)
Q4 2:20
26.2%
59→85
Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Brunson 11 AST)
Q4 2:43
23.3%
82→59
Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
Q4 0:00
16.5%
21→4
Hardaway Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Cunningham 9 AST)
Q4 5:02
16.4%
62→79
