New York Knicks 109, Detroit Pistons 90 — Recap

February 28, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 109, Detroit Pistons 90. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 25-20 DET; Q2 NYK 23-17 DET; Q3 NYK 35-27 DET; Q4 NYK 26-26 DET.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (NYK) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Jerami Grant (DET) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Alec Burks (NYK) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Wayne Ellington (DET) 15 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Julius Randle

25 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · DET

Jerami Grant

21 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 7-19 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-13 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	25	23	35	26		109
DET	20	17	27	26		90

🧮 How They Scored

NYKDET

52Points in the paint34

4Fast-break points16

3Second-chance points9

11Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.7%Effective FG%45.1%

10.8%Turnover %14.9%

15.4%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.116Free-throw rate0.431

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nerlens Noel F-C	40	8	11	2	3	3	2	4-5	0-0	0-0	+13
Julius Randle F	38	25	8	6	2	1	1	10-18	3-6	2-3	+21
RJ Barrett F-G	35	21	5	3	1	1	1	8-13	2-4	3-3	+19
Derrick Rose G	32	14	3	5	0	2	2	6-14	2-3	0-1	+17
Alec Burks G	26	16	3	3	1	0	1	7-13	2-5	0-0	-2
Reggie Bullock G-F	22	9	5	3	0	0	1	3-5	3-3	0-0	+21
Obi Toppin F	19	4	4	1	1	0	1	2-5	0-1	0-0	+4
Immanuel Quickley G	16	12	2	0	0	0	1	4-9	1-2	3-3	+2
Frank Ntilikina G	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	0

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey F	32	10	4	0	0	0	0	3-11	2-8	2-2	-17
Jerami Grant F	31	21	8	0	1	0	4	7-19	2-9	5-6	-16
Isaiah Stewart F-C	28	4	10	0	1	2	2	2-3	0-0	0-0	0
Dennis Smith Jr. G	27	7	7	4	3	1	0	3-11	1-4	0-0	-10
Josh Jackson F	26	12	2	2	1	0	5	1-6	0-1	10-12	-6
Saben Lee G	21	9	0	4	0	0	0	3-5	0-0	3-4	-9
Wayne Ellington G	20	15	1	0	1	1	0	4-6	4-6	3-3	-8
Mason Plumlee F-C	20	9	5	1	0	0	1	4-5	0-0	1-2	-19
Svi Mykhailiuk G	20	0	2	3	1	0	3	0-3	0-3	0-0	-9
Sekou Doumbouya F	12	3	1	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	1-2	-3
Rodney McGruder F-G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	38	25	64.7	24.4	+27.3	21.0
RJ Barrett	Bench	35	21	73.3	20.3	+25.4	15.6
Alec Burks	Bench	26	16	61.5	25.0	+0.2	14.4
Derrick Rose	Bench	32	14	48.5	23.5	+26.2	8.5
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	16	12	58.1	31.4	+14.0	10.5
Reggie Bullock	Bench	22	9	90.0	12.8	+45.7	14.2
Nerlens Noel	Bench	40	8	80.0	8.3	+15.6	10.9
Obi Toppin	Bench	19	4	40.0	15.0	+19.0	2.5
Frank Ntilikina	Bench	13	0	0.0	17.2	+12.2	-19.4

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jerami Grant	Bench	31	21	48.5	35.6	-27.3	9.8
Wayne Ellington	Bench	20	15	102.5	15.9	-22.2	23.0
Josh Jackson	Bench	26	12	53.2	29.8	-13.1	2.8
Saddiq Bey	Bench	32	10	42.1	17.1	-25.1	2.4
Mason Plumlee	Bench	20	9	76.5	14.6	-47.0	11.8
Saben Lee	Bench	21	9	66.6	14.9	-25.4	10.5
Dennis Smith Jr.	Bench	27	7	31.8	18.3	-18.9	10.7
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	28	4	66.7	8.5	-4.0	10.6
Sekou Doumbouya	Bench	12	3	38.7	16.7	-19.5	7.5
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	20	0	0.0	13.6	-26.2	-0.6
Rodney McGruder	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	+40.0	0.0