NBA Final Intelligence
Detroit Pistons 126, New York Knicks 111 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 126, New York Knicks 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 28-26 NYK; Q2 DET 30-22 NYK; Q3 DET 32-31 NYK; Q4 DET 36-32 NYK.
Top performers (box score): Cade Cunningham (DET) 42 points, 8 rebounds, 13 assists, 5 threes on 17-of-34 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 33 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 21 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Paul Reed (DET) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-9 shooting; Landry Shamet (NYK) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-10 shooting.
Standouts
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
📊 Game Flow
Ahead for good: Cade Cunningham makes 23-foot running jump shot (Tobias Harris assists) (Q1 5:05, DET 17, NYK 15).
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 28 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 126 | |
| NYK | 26 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 111 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
Detroit Pistons
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham G-F | 38 | 42 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17-34 | 5-11 | 3-3 | +12 |
| Tobias Harris F | 32 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4-16 | 1-5 | 2-4 | +17 |
| Ausar Thompson G-F | 31 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +10 |
| Paul Reed F | 29 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 4-4 | +14 |
| Duncan Robinson F | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Javonte Green G-F | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 4-5 | +4 |
| Caris LeVert G | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | +10 |
| Tolu Smith F | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Daniss Jenkins G | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Ronald Holland II F | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -1 |
New York Knicks
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson G | 38 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12-20 | 3-7 | 6-6 | -9 |
| OG Anunoby F | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-13 | 1-8 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns C | 31 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7-14 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 0 |
| Landry Shamet G | 28 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 4-6 | -13 |
| Josh Hart G | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -13 |
| Mikal Bridges F | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -6 |
| Jose Alvarado G | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 0-0 | -12 |
| Mitchell Robinson C | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-6 | -15 |
| Jeremy Sochan F | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Mohamed Diawara F | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham | Starter | 38 | 42 | 59.5 | 41.7 | +13.3 | 23.1 |
| Paul Reed | Starter | 29 | 18 | 83.6 | 13.0 | +20.5 | 14.7 |
| Tobias Harris | Starter | 32 | 11 | 31.0 | 23.2 | +21.5 | 6.0 |
| Ausar Thompson | Starter | 31 | 10 | 56.3 | 12.8 | +11.5 | 8.8 |
| Duncan Robinson | Starter | 21 | 9 | 75.0 | 11.3 | +1.5 | 7.1 |
| Javonte Green | Bench | 20 | 9 | 72.6 | 16.7 | +14.6 | 11.0 |
| Caris LeVert | Bench | 20 | 8 | 66.7 | 14.6 | +26.6 | 14.6 |
| Daniss Jenkins | Bench | 18 | 8 | 82.0 | 17.4 | +16.1 | 5.5 |
| Ronald Holland II | Bench | 12 | 7 | 116.7 | 11.5 | +0.7 | 16.8 |
| Tolu Smith | Bench | 19 | 4 | 66.7 | 7.7 | +13.8 | -0.7 |
| Kevin Huerter | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Isaiah Stewart | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jalen Duren | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Sasser | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chaz Lanier | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson | Starter | 38 | 33 | 72.9 | 33.7 | -8.1 | 16.4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | Starter | 31 | 21 | 63.1 | 24.7 | +3.6 | 16.2 |
| Josh Hart | Starter | 28 | 11 | 61.9 | 15.6 | -17.6 | 9.5 |
| OG Anunoby | Starter | 32 | 8 | 28.8 | 18.9 | +3.2 | -3.5 |
| Mikal Bridges | Starter | 25 | 8 | 44.4 | 17.2 | -7.2 | 2.9 |
| Landry Shamet | Bench | 28 | 15 | 59.3 | 18.6 | -21.7 | 7.6 |
| Mitchell Robinson | Bench | 19 | 7 | 52.7 | 14.6 | -36.6 | 9.4 |
| Jose Alvarado | Bench | 20 | 6 | 37.5 | 19.2 | -29.9 | 6.4 |
| Jeremy Sochan | Bench | 10 | 2 | 100.0 | 3.8 | -3.9 | 7.2 |
| Jordan Clarkson | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Kolek | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ariel Hukporti | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mohamed Diawara | Bench | 09 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -31.6 | 6.6 |
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