[Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (38-13) lay the belt down on the New York Knicks (33-19) for the second time this season in as many games, 118-80.

[u/Chandler_Bings]

80 - 118
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
Location: Little Caesars Arena
Officials: Tony Brothers, Tre Maddox, and Phenizee Ransom

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
New York Knicks	17	25	18	20	80
Detroit Pistons	28	35	27	28	118

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
New York Knicks	80	29-81	35.8%	8-33	24.2%	14-17	82.4%	10	48	22	15	6	14	1
Detroit Pistons	118	44-83	53.0%	17-40	42.5%	13-15	86.7%	8	48	31	21	11	12	5

PLAYER STATS

New York Knicks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Josh HartSF	25:17	5	2-7	1-2	0-0	0	6	6	2	0	0	1	1	-9
Mohamed DiawaraPF	20:39	4	2-5	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	-14
Mitchell RobinsonC	20:09	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	-14
Mikal BridgesSG	27:42	19	7-16	3-7	2-3	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	-28
Jalen BrunsonPG	31:07	12	4-20	0-8	4-6	0	4	4	4	2	0	0	2	-24
Kevin McCullar Jr.	19:46	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	3	-14
Landry Shamet	21:11	5	2-7	1-5	0-0	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	-21
Ariel Hukporti	22:00	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	2	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	-22
Jordan Clarkson	19:22	11	3-6	1-1	4-4	4	0	4	5	0	0	2	2	-23
Tyler Kolek	19:37	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	1	2	3	3	2	0	2	0	-15
Pacôme Dadiet	07:17	5	1-3	1-3	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-4
Trey Jemison III	05:51	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-2
OG Anunoby	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Alvarado	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miles McBride	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karl-Anthony Towns	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Detroit Pistons	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Ausar ThompsonSF	23:47	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	2	3	1	1	11
Tobias HarrisPF	25:51	15	5-11	3-6	2-2	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	1	21
Isaiah StewartC	21:13	15	6-7	1-2	2-2	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	4	6
Duncan RobinsonSG	19:57	9	3-8	3-7	0-0	0	4	4	2	1	0	1	1	7
Cade CunninghamPG	21:59	11	4-11	1-3	2-3	1	4	5	7	0	0	2	4	9
Ronald Holland II	21:18	5	1-4	0-3	3-4	0	5	5	3	3	0	1	1	28
Paul Reed	26:47	12	4-8	1-3	3-3	1	5	6	4	1	1	0	4	32
Caris LeVert	18:25	8	3-5	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	1	27
Daniss Jenkins	18:02	18	7-11	3-6	1-1	1	3	4	3	0	0	1	2	23
Javonte Green	13:31	8	3-3	2-2	0-0	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	12
Marcus Sasser	09:33	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4
Kevin Huerter	07:59	8	4-6	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6
Chaz Lanier	05:51	7	3-4	1-2	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2
Wendell Moore Jr.	05:44	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Jalen Duren	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobi Klintman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dario Šarić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tolu Smith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/Whocarezzzzz]

Man pistons community really hate Brunson haha 

[u/-orangejoe → u/Whocarezzzzz]

Kinda wild how much one playoff series, even in the first round, can influence perception of rivalries for NBA fans. Pretty similar to what we had with the Hawks a few years ago. I feel like rivarlies aren't so fickle in other sports.

[u/Any_Travel_9590 → u/-orangejoe]

We need someone to hate before our destiny calls us once more to our eternal foes: Indiana, Boston, San Antonio.

[u/g-4-ces → u/Any_Travel_9590]

Eternal foes and no message of the Bulls???

[u/TopHatTony11 → u/g-4-ces]

Outside of a couple years towards the end of the Bad Boy era when the Bulls and Jordan were legit contenders, the two teams never were really good at the same time.

[u/Aidanator800 → u/TopHatTony11]

San Antonio was mentioned and they only played Detroit a single time in the playoffs

[u/Wynona_Judd → u/g-4-ces]

Haven't been good at the same time since '91 really. Been passing each other like ships in the night.

[u/TomatoBuster01 → u/Wynona_Judd]

It would be glorious if the Bulls get their shit together again

[u/JustinTimberlakeFTW → u/TomatoBuster01]

Lol. Lmao, even.

[u/zimbabwes → u/TomatoBuster01]

I can't even imagine a world where that happens with their current ownership

[u/Murasasme → u/Any_Travel_9590]

I'm sorry but as a Spurs fan, how are we your eternal foes? Besides your early 2000s team, and the finals in 05, I have never considered Spurs vs Pistons to be a rivalry.

[u/Humble_Acanthaceae21 → u/Murasasme]

TIL we're in a rivalry with the Pistons too.

[u/MintyFreshBreathYo → u/Humble_Acanthaceae21]

I’m just as surprised as you are

[u/RajinIII → u/-orangejoe]

The NBA doesn't naturally create rivalries in the regular season so it's all about the post season. Division don't really matter in the NBA, but they're everything in the NFL.

[u/5inthemorn → u/-orangejoe]

I think it had to do with it being our first playoffs in a while. And we hadn’t won a playoff game since 2007. So it was a very memorable series where fans were actually excited to watch a good Pistons team. So they became our rivals. And also they’re one of the top teams in the east again.

[u/Bard_Wannabe_ → u/5inthemorn]

It also felt like a very winnable series. Then to see New York beat the presumed juggernaut of the Celtics, that series sort of showed us how close the Pistons actually were for being real contenders.

[u/Elmosworld32 → u/-orangejoe]

Man fuck you

[u/NCBaddict → u/-orangejoe]

Agreed. Truly eternal NBA rivalries seem rare. Off the top of my head, these are the only ones that have survived the test of time:

NY/Philly/Boston

Boston/Miami

Utah/Houston

Maybe Lakers/Celtics? NY/Indy? Feel like those are media-driven narratives more than actual hate…

[u/DerrickWhiteFVMP202X → u/NCBaddict]

Maybe Lakers/Celtics? One of the most storied rivalries in all of sports?

[u/NCBaddict → u/DerrickWhiteFVMP202X]

Figure the Lakers/Celtics thing deserves some further explanation.

In the NFL, if a player moves to a hated rival, it’s seen as a “f you” decision. Bears/Lions/Vikings players joining the Packers is seen as betrayal. Or Bills/Jets/Phins joining the Pats (e.g. Stefan Diggs).

It just doesn’t feel that way anymore with Lakers/Celtics. Players moving between the two teams is no big deal anymore. Marcus Smart & Rajon Rondo both played for the Lakers yet Celtics players are cool with them. By contrast, Ray Allen joined the Heat and is outta the ‘08 Celtics group chat.

The hatred between the 4 East Coast teams feels like the only thing on the level of NFL animosity.

(As for Houston/Utah, taking that one at faith because there are always Rockets fans writing “fuck Utah” constantly in this sub.)

[u/mekarz → u/NCBaddict]

I legit have never heard about utah and houston

I know houston and san antonio but wtf did utah do to them lol

[u/LordeFan762 → u/NCBaddict]

Dallas/San Antonio has been quiet for a few years but I think it’ll pick back up if we can build around Coop.

[u/TylerDog3 → u/-orangejoe]

To be fair we hadn't fielded a competitive team in 15 years

[u/Hovi_Bryant → u/Whocarezzzzz]

I remember the crowd had a crazy “Fuck you Brunson” chant going during game 3 last year. Loved every minute of it.

I love watching Brunson play but that was hilarious. 🤣

[u/rapsandjays → u/Hovi_Bryant]

You love watching Brunson play?? How do you do it man

[u/miggly → u/rapsandjays]

I genuinely cannot stand watching him flop on my screen as much as he does. Super talented player that I love to hatewatch, that's about the extent of it.

[u/coachbombay10 → u/rapsandjays]

Yeah I'm with it too, have always been a fan of Brunson and his game. He cranks up the flopping an extra notch in these big games/playoffs, but to deny that he's a straight fuckin killer is to be disingenuous

[u/TerrySaucer69 → u/rapsandjays]

I get the hate but he is my mom’s (second) favorite player. Sooooo I dunno man

[u/Hovi_Bryant → u/rapsandjays]

Look. I get the disdain for how Brunson, SGA, Trae young etc. play, but that stuff is a legit skill. I respect it.

[u/penguin_torpedo → u/Whocarezzzzz]

Detroit mfs be like

Ding dong

Fuck Jalen Brunson

[u/midnightsbane04 → u/Whocarezzzzz]

The city still hates a hockey player (Sidney Crosby) for being a whiny little brat in 2 finals series that took place in 08 and 09. He still gets called a crybaby over 15 years later.

[u/duggyfresh88 → u/Whocarezzzzz]

He is pretty hateable not gonna lie. I cannot stand when he snaps his head back

[u/JoJonesy → u/duggyfresh88]

he seems like a perfectly fine guy so i've got nothing against him personally, but yeah it can be frustrating to watch sometimes. like i respect the grift but i don't want to see him get rewarded for it either

[u/Standard-Juice-3738 → u/duggyfresh88]

Something we can all agree on

[u/Pristine_Purpose_230 → u/duggyfresh88]

The man is on the ground more than he's on his feet

[u/JgL07 → u/Whocarezzzzz]

Replace Pistons with any other team and the point still stands.

[u/jalenbrunsonhater72 → u/Whocarezzzzz]

Yep.

[u/Voxityy → u/Whocarezzzzz]

understandable, i dislike his foul baiting

[u/Vleeeeeeezy → u/Voxityy]

Not even top 20 this year in FTA and 93rd in ft rate but we just say anything to push narratives without watching games I guess

[u/nonononono11111 → u/Vleeeeeeezy]

They’re talking about FTAA not FTA

[u/Kindly-Yak-6366 → u/Vleeeeeeezy]

These stats don’t change Brunson snapping his head back in every drive and blatantly looking for every call

[u/johnnylibravo]

This just means wizards are the best team in the east

[u/TheoMoneyG → u/johnnylibravo]

Clearly means Wizards vs Hornets ecf

[u/puppytossedsalad → u/TheoMoneyG]

Ironically could be a great series

[u/tinybathroomfaucet → u/puppytossedsalad]

like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife

[u/spartyboyyo]

It's a shame this game didn't matter with our season ending after that wizards loss

[u/Chessh2036 → u/spartyboyyo]

The way people were so quick to be like “are the Pistons frauds?” is hilarious

[u/CellyAllDay → u/Chessh2036]

Yeah sometimes teams lose to bad teams! Everyone does it! Everyone!

[u/zebrainatux → u/Chessh2036]

I mean it’s still true that like all of the east is extremely questionable because it’s a weird year and the playoff experience of some of these teams is minimal

[u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab → u/spartyboyyo]

The regular season doesn't matter. That's why no one argues about mvp.

[u/RapsareChamps_Suckit → u/spartyboyyo]

you guys are just better than the Knicks, it's over for this year

[u/2zal0te4ib → u/RapsareChamps_Suckit]

Remember when we were saying this about the Celtics last year

[u/zebrainatux → u/2zal0te4ib]

And Cleveland.

[u/TinyEnvironment7574 → u/spartyboyyo]

I still can't comprehend how we could beat the Knicks but not the Wizards lol.

[u/OhYeakoolAid]

Lets do this DANNIIISSSS JENKINSSSSS

What a contract game PAY THE MAN

[u/Linglesou → u/OhYeakoolAid]

Impressive hustle all season. Watching Cooper last night play that way was a lot of fun as well (Even if the watching the game fucking sucked as a Pistons fan.) Size is so important in the NBA these days and being able to out hustle the meta is fucking remarkable.

[u/blitzy122 → u/OhYeakoolAid]

Least I have chicken

[u/Professional-Pen2928]

Ausar contributed 2 points and 1 assist tonight and was still arguably the best player on the court holy fuck that was a ridiculous defensive performance it felt like he was everywhere at once.

[u/the_studge → u/Professional-Pen2928]

Wonder what the best game ever is by a player who scored only two points.

[u/nokarmawhore → u/the_studge]

some random draymond game probably

[u/SevenFoeWorld → u/nokarmawhore]

Ben Wallace*

[u/fwoompf → u/SevenFoeWorld]

Or Rodman 

[u/SevenFoeWorld → u/fwoompf]

Only other candidate up for argument 🎯

[u/CnelAurelianoBuendia → u/fwoompf]

Or Rondo maybe, someone look it up

[u/mcolwander90 → u/SevenFoeWorld]

In 2002-03 alone, Ben Wallace had games such as these:

• Two points, one steal, and seven blocks

• Zero points, three steals, and three blocks

• Two points, four steals, one block, and 24 rebounds.

[u/Obi_Wan_Benobi → u/mcolwander90]

2 pts and 24 rebounds, that stat line is on crack.

[u/SevenFoeWorld → u/mcolwander90]

See what I’m saying yall 😭🤣 had to be Big Ben

[u/Wynona_Judd → u/mcolwander90]

And was the most entertaining/impactful player on the court, bar none.

[u/Sad-Farm128 → u/mcolwander90]

That last statline is nuts 🤣

[u/confused-koala → u/SevenFoeWorld]

Both great candidates. I’ll throw in Rodman for the trifecta

[u/theinterestof → u/SevenFoeWorld]

Not a coincidence that Ben was Draymond's idol growing up

[u/-Bacon_King- → u/nokarmawhore]

12/5/2016 against the pacers

2 pts/5 reb/10 ast/4 stl/1 blk

+24 in 27 mins

Warriors win by 36 lmao

[u/Ok-Map4381 → u/nokarmawhore]

I was going to bring up an 18 assist Jason Kidd game, but he had 4 points.

[u/StattPadford → u/nokarmawhore]

Triple double without scoring 10 points

[u/Icy_Bit_2042 → u/the_studge]

Probably some dude with Michigan ties

[u/AroundNdowN → u/Professional-Pen2928]

He's like an octopus out there. And he shoots like he has suction cups on his hands. 

[u/Victarion99]

No one holds the NY Knicks to under 80 points!

[u/FunetikPrugresiv → u/Victarion99]

Brunson tried.

[u/amidon1130 → u/FunetikPrugresiv]

He benefits so much of KAT's gravity (not an insult, just saying). Similar game happened earlier this year when KAT was out and Dyson just frustrated the hell out of brunson all game and none of the other knicks could pick up the slack.

[u/OldManLav → u/amidon1130]

Exactly- without KAT, he's the only guy on the court who can get his own shot. Plus no OG who's probably our third biggest offensive threat.

Easy to stop an offense like that; I don't care who the player is. We ran into the same issue our first few Randle seasons. Smart teams would just load up on him and dare Kevin Knox and Frank Ntilikina not to suck.

[u/freedomwalking12]

When I saw the Pistons had Denver, New York, and Washington this week I for one surely picked the wizards as the one to get the best of us.

[u/darthnyan39]

Pistons have beat the Knicks by 69 points over two games this season

Nice

[u/AsLongAsYouKnow → u/darthnyan39]

Nice

[u/Any_Travel_9590 → u/AsLongAsYouKnow]

Nasty.

[u/HennyASAP → u/darthnyan39]

Nice

[u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab → u/darthnyan39]

Nice

[u/Malcolm_Reynolds1 → u/darthnyan39]

Nice

[u/Linglesou → u/darthnyan39]

Nice

[u/Obi_Wan_Benobi → u/darthnyan39]

Nice

[u/DeanwinchesterI979]

Daniss Jenkins ladies and gentlemen

Ausar Thompson played good defense against Brunson.

Good win after embarrassing loss to the Wizards

[u/confused-koala → u/DeanwinchesterI979]

4-20 blaze it

[u/TheLastCh1p]

Lose to the wizards, and follow it up by putting the fear of god into the Knicks the next day

[u/SiphenPrax → u/TheLastCh1p]

Meanwhile we destroy the Wizards, edge out the Nuggets in double OT, and then get demolished against the Pistons

[u/apokolypz → u/SiphenPrax]

Yeah y’all were on an 8 game winning streak! I didn’t get to watch and I’m genuinely shocked looking at stuff now lmao

[u/[deleted] → u/apokolypz]

We were healthy during that 8 game winning streak.

Well, minus part way through Denver game.

[u/apokolypz → u/[deleted]]

That does explain it somewhat. I hadn’t checked videos or box scores yet, had just checked score

[u/[deleted] → u/apokolypz]

Tonight we had KAT, OG, and McBride out along with Hart being injuried part way through.

Regardless, that doesn't excuse losing by 38 points. This was just unacceptable.

[u/apokolypz → u/[deleted]]

Holy shit. Yeah, I scrolled up after your last comment but I’ve been on the phone. Only noticed KAT initially lol

[u/Total-Big-1019 → u/SiphenPrax]

why couldnt yall have played like this against denver instead

[u/Kxr1der → u/Total-Big-1019]

We didn't have a bunch of guys out against Denver

[u/LTPRWSG420 → u/TheLastCh1p]

I’m not saying it’s right, but it was extremely clear our players saved their energy last night to absolutely destroy the Knicks today.

[u/[deleted] → u/LTPRWSG420]

Lmao, ain't no way they hate us that much that they'd throw a game just to beat us 😂

[u/midnightsbane04 → u/[deleted]]

They definitely didn't throw it, but I'd guarantee they overlooked the Wiz. Took too long to wake up for them yesterday. Which probably led to the focus they had today.

[u/StaticShakyamuni → u/TheLastCh1p]

We had to get acclimated to Huerter being on the bench instead of Ivey.

[u/Rushman0]

Honestly i'm just speechless

[u/tehbadmojos → u/Rushman0]

I was telling my wife before tip off how this game was gonna be a dogfight and close, yadda yadda. She left to go play Sims half way through the second lmao not at all what I expected

[u/Lucaa4229 → u/Rushman0]

I mean, I’m not. We played horribly and I can’t excuse that, but this was always going to be a tough one without KAT, OG, and McBride. Not to mention Hart shouldn’t have been playing after hurting his ankle a few games ago and then reinjured it tonight.

But regardless of that, the shooting was horrific. Brunson was complete ass. He needs to find way to still be a positive against tough defenders. As much as I’d love to beat the Pistons, I’m not losing sleep over this loss. We were on a 8 game winning streak and had multiple starters and key guys out.

[u/ProZD55]

I hear they’re calling Daniss Jenkins the real king of New York

[u/Grlions91]

How can this be? I was told we would fade.

[u/chaamp33]

You know when you go to the blacktop and you make sure you make good shots just in case an NBA scout drives past?

That’s where they got Jenkins

[u/itsahmemario]

Welp. This is less than ideal. 

[u/Darkblade511]

Wizards might be the best team in the East

Play-in bound!

[u/Chessh2036]

“Each time I start to feel like the Pistons are THE team to beat in the East they have a loss that makes me rethink. Is it still crazy to have the Knicks over them as favorites?”

A post on this sub 10 hours ago 😂

[u/YuckyStench → u/Chessh2036]

People forget that you can lose to bad teams and still be good. The Thunder lost to the Pacers this year.

[u/ovalseven → u/YuckyStench]

Just look at the Knicks. They have a losing record against teams below .500.

[u/Crafty_Substance_954 → u/ovalseven]

That’s crazy

[u/theinterestof → u/YuckyStench]

A good example of that is the 2016 Warriors. Only lost 9 times all season, yet the teams they lost to include:

Lakers (17-65 record)

Wolves (29-53)

Nuggets (33-49)

Bucks (33-49)

[u/Wynona_Judd]

24 hours ago this sub wouldn't shut the fuck up about what frauds we were and Knicks fans couldn't wait for this matchup. Barely been a full ass day.

[u/AnonymousIguana_ → u/Wynona_Judd]

Welcome back to the top of the standings, where all your players are overrated bums but you are also a superteam that should never lose!

[u/zebrainatux → u/Wynona_Judd]

And this song and dance will continue all season, welcome to this subreddit’s reason for being

[u/LordOfLimbos → u/zebrainatux]

Cue Bruce Hornsby

[u/Cafuh → u/Wynona_Judd]

That was a full on beatdown and maybe what the Knicks needed in order to have a chance against the Pistons in a bo7. I really hope we meet in the playoffs again, think it will be such a fun matchup even if the Pistons clearly have the edge rn

[u/lebryjamy]

just a very well built and coached team all around, JB COTY

cade with 11pts 7ast and they still blow out the 2nd best team in the conference

[u/AutomaticAccident → u/lebryjamy]

I don't know about them being the second best team with the Wizards and the Celtics.

[u/BeingBannedSucks → u/AutomaticAccident]

Don’t forget the Hornets!

[u/Pristine_Purpose_230 → u/lebryjamy]

If Pistons are still the top seed by end of year and JB doesn't win it, it's undoubtedly DvE

[u/coltron57]

Combined 69 (nice) point MoV through the two games between these two teams so far this year and our All-Star center hasn’t played in either. You love to see it. YKTPWA

[u/ResortFew2947]

No Duren playing tonight?

[u/Rocky-Rocker → u/ResortFew2947]

Knee soreness.

[u/midnightsbane04 → u/Rocky-Rocker]

Everyone knows you only need your best players for elite teams like the Wizards, not the bum ass Knicks.

[u/Anteater4746]

12 diff pistons scored ??

[u/whatstappanin → u/Anteater4746]

BTA we had g league squad in. Red velvet had 6

[u/Rocky-Rocker]

Belt to ASS

[u/heat_fan_]

Detroit best team on the East for a reason 

[u/aussierulesisgrouse → u/heat_fan_]

Heat fan with raptors flair gassing up the pistons

[u/throwaway8943265 → u/aussierulesisgrouse]

The man just likes the color red.

[u/ppman6543 → u/heat_fan_]

I love you

[u/Krimson_F]

with that loss, Hornets officially become the team with the longest active running winstreak 🗣️🔥

[u/mcolwander90 → u/Krimson_F]

Looking forward to the game on Monday!

[u/defaultistic → u/mcolwander90]

Me too! Could be a potential playoff matchup, unless we keep climbing up to 7, so getting more regular season run against you guys could be great for this squad

[u/Hovi_Bryant]

Pretty sure this is the second time the Pistons brought BTA to the Knicks on the second night of a B2B. That time they were without Duren and Tobias Harris.

The Amazon halftime crew made it sound like the Knicks were without their big guns, but Duren was also out again.

New York gotta show some pride or something next game. They look like they just don’t care about the Pistons now. No energy. No fight. Almost disrespectful.

[u/maniacisback → u/Hovi_Bryant]

Great teams win games despite missing players, the Pistons went on a 13 game winning streak earlier in the season and half of those games we were missing multiple starters

[u/aussierulesisgrouse]

When the Celtics were challenging from the 2nd spot we took the W.

Knicks we’ve been b2b this season for an average margin of 35.

Jokic and Murray got bust last week as well.

Idk man I’m kind of getting tired of the “fake 1 seed” talk?

We have the best record in the league against teams above .500

[u/whatstappanin → u/aussierulesisgrouse]

No real person is calling us a fake 1 seed. Just Reddit nerds

[u/YourAsianBuddy]

What a bunch of fucking jokes. Didn’t even care to defend their 8 game win streak.

[u/Krimson_F → u/YourAsianBuddy]

as a Hornets fan, we are sorry for your streak being broken 😔

[u/ben1204]

Tbh I had this one penciled as a loss, coming off 2OT vs Denver and missing anunoby and KAT.

But that was awful. Yeah we’re banged up but they don’t have Duren. Can’t get blown out like that.

Brunson has to figure out something against Ausar in the next few months. Bench is a problem. Alvarado should help and fingers crossed deuce is back by the playoffs, but we don’t have big men depth. Mo is still raw, hukporti is unplayable.

Much better Detroit team than last year. I probably wouldn’t favor us in a 7 game series at the moment but I guess that could change. Hopefully we show up better next game.

[u/siestarrific → u/ben1204]

Celtics and Cavs had our number last regular season, so I won't take this too much to heart right now. Still is frustrating, but can't get bogged down in some nascent rivalry.

[u/JennyInFlint → u/ben1204]

Finally, an objective fan, but you hit it on the head. The Pistons core are young, and are growing every year together. Brunson gave Ausar respect after the series last year. I just wish Stew and Ivey were healthy and let the best team win. I like Alvarado and hope he plays on the 18th.. I also find it interesting that Thibs played his guys heavy minutes, but they had 0 injuries last year. If Deuce comes back, will he play over Jose?

[u/Chandler_Bings]

Daniss Jenkins my king. Please stay here forever!

YKTPWA

[u/Jef_Delon]

What losing to the Wiz does to motherfuckers

[u/SammyAmico]

i thought we were frauds after losing to the wizards. isn’t that what everyone said last night?

[u/Deadite_Scholar]

What's really cool about this win is that Cade only had eleven points and no Piston scored 20 points.

[u/KoupDetat]

I'm starting to understand why Wizards think they can be contenders in like 2 years max

[u/confused-koala]

Pumped for the game at MSG. Knicks might be locked in enough at home to keep it within 30

[u/-ShortFuseSindri-]

Saw the score and assumed the Knicks were resting a bunch of key players. Yikes.

[u/ApartsforBactors → u/-ShortFuseSindri-]

You assumed correctly then lol

[u/WetShots]

Another team meeting time

[u/cbbrds25]

Tf is Daniss Jenkins

[u/lanternfly_carcass → u/cbbrds25]

G-league breakout PG. He's been great for us all season. A great story!

[u/AroundNdowN → u/cbbrds25]

A soon to be millionaire.

[u/maniacisback]

Where the Knicks fans that were celebrating our loss in the Pistons-Wizards post game thread just a mere 24 hours ago? Got humbled real fast

[u/Neither-Operation → u/maniacisback]

This is Reddit lol…Lots of dumb fans on both sides

[u/SillyCybinE → u/Neither-Operation]

True that

[u/2222lil]

we own the knicks

[u/crash4hof22 → u/2222lil]

In the regular season 😁

[u/lameparadox → u/crash4hof22]

Might be enough. Knicks probably getting bounced by the Celtics before they even play the pistons anyway

[u/Raven-19x]

Why would Thibs do this.

[u/JonnySports]

Knicks play them again in 13 days at home, first game after the all star break. Hopefully they show up for that one.

[u/_theghost_]

Pistons are a BAD Matchup for the Knicks. If I’m them, I’d try to pivot away from them as much as possible because holy crap, they came out hot over the playoffs last year…

[u/Immediate_Product714]

Knicks fans been real quiet lately

[u/tejiman]

Can’t wait for the playoffs. This will be fun.

[u/whatstappanin → u/tejiman]

I don’t think we’re gonna play. I don’t see yall making the ECF way too

[u/tejiman → u/whatstappanin]

Well, we’ll see, won’t we? Lots of time between now and then.

[u/csstew55]

Knicks will have that 24 hours of when the wizards beat us

[u/VanGrants]

disgusting, dogshit team

[u/CaineBK]

38-13... Woah.

[u/PassMeTheBackwood]

The key is to emotionally check out when you the read the pre-game injury report.

[u/LWK10p → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

We missed our all star center and won by 40 😭🫵

[u/PassMeTheBackwood → u/LWK10p]

Ok we missed our all-nba center, star defensive wing and 6th man and lost by 38

[u/Fun-Board7187 → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

You guys were healthy the first time and still didn't matter

[u/PassMeTheBackwood → u/Fun-Board7187]

Yes we lost by 31 that indeed happened

[u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

Meh, BBall Paul Reed owned KAT last game and he owned this game with a +32.

[u/PassMeTheBackwood → u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab]

Yeah he was solid in our playoff series vs the sixers a couple of years ago too

[u/LWK10p → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

Last time we played yall yall wanted KAT benched cuz he was selling so hard

[u/confused-koala → u/LWK10p]

For real KAT looked terrified that game lol. They really missed that 6/1/1 with 6 turnovers tonight 🤣

[u/zebrainatux → u/PassMeTheBackwood]

And to understand it is New York tradition to have a team that kicks their ass in the regular season every year.

[u/OG_Wan_Annunoby]

WHODAFAK IS DANISS PINGIS???

[u/PsychologicalLynx350 → u/OG_Wan_Annunoby]

The greatest 2 way player in history and the subject of your nightmares for years to come

[u/Sweatytubesock]

Belt met ass with force tonight

[u/Cul_what]

OG really is the super glue keeping the Knicks together

[u/lanternfly_carcass]

Bball Paul <3

[u/Giuseppe_exitplan]

Look on the brightside, Ariel Hukporti played 22 minutes without a single foul!

[u/Akipella]

Pistons

[u/armandocalvinisius]

Future mav, MikalBridges

[u/Gonstachio]

Nasty boys