New York Knicks 90, Detroit Pistons 121 — Recap

January 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 90, Detroit Pistons 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 29-30 DET; Q2 NYK 25-34 DET; Q3 NYK 15-25 DET; Q4 NYK 21-32 DET.

Top performers (box score): Cade Cunningham (DET) 29 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Javonte Green (DET) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Miles McBride (NYK) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Jaden Ivey (DET) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DET

Cade Cunningham

29 PTS, 3 REB, 13 AST, 3 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

25 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · NYK

Miles McBride

17 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 6-9 FG

Season highs

Javonte Green · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

NYK 1 largest lead Q1 11:46 (NYK 1, DET 0) · 8-0 run, Q3 3:54–Q3 2:53

DET 33 largest lead Q4 0:51 (NYK 88, DET 121) · 11-0 run, Q3 10:52–Q3 6:44

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Duncan Robinson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cade Cunningham assists) (Q1 11:33, NYK 1, DET 3).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	29	25	15	21		90
DET	30	34	25	32		121

🧮 How They Scored

NYKDET

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

42Bench points58

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.7%Effective FG%64.0%

19.6%Turnover %13.9%

14.3%Offensive rebound %35.9%

0.184Free-throw rate0.186

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	30	25	3	0	0	0	6	10-21	2-6	3-3	-18
OG Anunoby F	29	5	2	1	3	1	2	1-4	0-2	3-4	-31
Mikal Bridges F	26	10	0	1	1	1	1	4-10	2-3	0-0	-13
Miles McBride G	25	17	2	2	0	0	1	6-9	5-6	0-0	-3
Mitchell Robinson C	25	2	10	1	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-10
Karl-Anthony Towns C	22	6	1	1	0	0	6	1-4	1-2	3-3	-27
Jordan Clarkson G	20	8	1	1	0	0	1	3-6	2-5	0-0	-14
Tyler Kolek G	19	9	3	1	0	0	0	3-8	1-2	2-2	-6
Kevin McCullar Jr. G	16	4	3	3	2	0	2	2-5	0-1	0-0	-17
Ariel Hukporti C	9	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-3
Guerschon Yabusele F	9	0	3	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Pacome Dadiet F	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-5
Mohamed Diawara F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaiah Stewart F-C	32	7	9	0	0	2	0	3-8	1-4	0-2	+13
Cade Cunningham G-F	29	29	3	13	1	2	5	11-17	3-4	4-5	+23
Javonte Green G-F	29	17	2	1	3	0	0	6-9	4-6	1-2	+12
Paul Reed F	25	8	8	1	0	1	1	4-7	0-1	0-0	+22
Ronald Holland II F	24	5	5	1	1	3	1	2-5	1-1	0-0	+6
Daniss Jenkins G	23	12	0	4	1	2	1	5-10	2-4	0-0	+16
Jaden Ivey G	22	16	3	1	1	0	1	6-10	1-2	3-4	0
Duncan Robinson F	21	9	5	0	1	0	1	3-8	2-6	1-1	+25
Ausar Thompson G-F	20	10	7	1	2	0	3	4-8	0-0	2-2	+23
Marcus Sasser G	5	8	0	1	1	1	1	3-3	2-2	0-0	+5
Tolu Smith F	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Chaz Lanier G	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	30	25	56.0	42.4	-28.9	7.3
Mikal Bridges	Starter	26	10	50.0	18.6	-27.8	5.6
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	22	6	56.4	20.8	-65.3	-4.2
OG Anunoby	Starter	29	5	43.4	13.3	-56.4	2.9
Mitchell Robinson	Starter	25	2	33.3	5.5	-16.0	10.5
Miles McBride	Bench	25	17	94.4	18.2	-13.4	13.9
Tyler Kolek	Bench	19	9	50.7	19.6	-17.9	8.5
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	20	8	66.7	14.0	-35.3	9.2
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	16	4	40.0	18.4	-50.0	6.1
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	5	2	113.6	9.1	-64.4	24.4
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	9	2	33.3	21.1	-25.0	0.0
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	9	0	0.0	10.5	-25.0	7.7
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	05	0	0.0	8.3	-64.4	-4.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Starter	29	29	75.5	33.8	+38.7	29.2
Ausar Thompson	Starter	20	10	56.3	24.5	+59.7	14.1
Duncan Robinson	Starter	21	9	53.3	17.6	+64.1	10.3
Paul Reed	Starter	25	8	57.1	12.9	+42.3	7.2
Isaiah Stewart	Starter	32	7	39.4	12.3	+23.9	4.7
Javonte Green	Bench	29	17	86.0	15.4	+20.0	15.3
Jaden Ivey	Bench	22	16	68.0	26.0	0.0	17.1
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	23	12	60.0	22.0	+32.2	13.3
Marcus Sasser	Bench	05	8	133.3	44.4	+64.4	40.5
Ronald Holland II	Bench	24	5	50.0	11.1	+14.2	10.6
Tolu Smith	Bench	05	0	0.0	11.1	+64.4	4.8
Chaz Lanier	Bench	05	0	0.0	11.1	+64.4	0.0