This second round leaves on the same bases as Game 1.. The two teams accelerate continuously and the pace is very sustained. This pace is accompanied by far clumsiness and waste. But the pistons negotiate this first quarter better (18-25). The arms are starting to heat up at the start of the second quarter. Knicks can count on Jalen Brunson, the pistons on Dennis Schroder and Malik Beasley. And especially on Cade Cunningham which attacks New York's defense and causes mistakes. On a last basket, the All-Star confirms the little advance of his family at the break (49-55).
The third quarter is a ordeal for the Knicks, which are missing a number of shoots closely. Detroit also has moments of big clumsiness but with offensive rebounds and transitional phases, Cade Cunningham and his band manage to hurt New York, with an 11-0, and to take more than ten points ahead, before tackling the last act in front of the score (67-75). The efforts of Jalen Brunson, who must fight for each shoot, end up paying since the Knicks come back little by little.
Decisive Schroder!
For five minutes, the players of JB Bickerstaff do not include the slightest basket … Will they still give in, as in Game 1? We can think of this since they lose balloons and the knicks equalize a minute from the end … Dennis Schroder takes care of giving air to his team with a 3-PTS. Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges will have bullets behind the arc to equalize: it is missed each time and Detroit returns equally in the series (94-100).
What to remember
-Another difficult time in the last quarter for the pistons. The essential is obviously in the victory for Detroit with this decisive basket of Dennis Schroder, but it is the second time in two games that the pistons, however solid before and which hoped to correct the small faults of Game 1, crack (a little this time) last in the face of the pressure of the Knicks. Perhaps this long-awaited success will free them mentally.
-Where was Karl-Anthony Towns? If Jalen Brunson responded with 37 points, the All-Star interior missed his match, ending with 10 points and 6 rebounds. His presence, his attack in attack lacked because the Knicks have long accused a huge delay in free throws. This is where the former Minnesota would have been useful to get free points.
– Finally a victory for Detroit! The pistons remained on 15 losses in a row in playoffs. Defeated in 2008 and then sweeten in 2009, 2016 and 2019, they had no longer won a meeting at this level since May 26, 2008 and a success in Game 4 of the conference final is against Boston.
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How to read the stats? Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / Trute-free throws; O = offensive rebound; D = defensive rebound; T = total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; +/- = Differential points when the player is on the field; Pts = points; EVAL: evaluation of the player calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
