Heroes and zeros from the Knicks’ 100-94 Sport 2 loss to the Pistons on Monday:
Hero
After a tough Sport 1 by which he shot 8 of 21 from the sphere, Cade Cunningham bounced again with an enormous Sport 2 to hold the Pistons’ scoring load.
He obtained into the paint at will and completed with 33 factors on 11-for-21 taking pictures.
Zero
OG Anunoby was magnificent on each ends of the ground in Sport 1, however struggled on each in Sport 2.
He completed with simply 10 factors, missed all 4 of his 3-point makes an attempt and couldn’t include Cunningham the identical means he did in Sport 1.
Unsung hero
Dennis Schröder completed with 20 factors and hit key photographs down the stretch, together with a 3-pointer with 55.1 seconds left within the recreation to offer the Pistons a three-point lead after the Knicks had tied it.
Key stat
28: Variety of free throws the Pistons made on 34 makes an attempt, whereas the Knicks tried a complete of 19 — a lot of which got here late — and made 16.
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Quote
“Obviously, huge discrepancy in free throws. Huge. I gotta take a look at that. I don’t understand how on one side, you talk about direct line drives, [Brunson] is getting fouled, it’s not being called. I really don’t give a crap how they call the game, as long as it’s consistent on both sides. If [Cade] Cunningham is driving and there’s marginal contact and he’s getting to the line, then Jalen deserves to be getting to the line. It’s really that simple.”
— Tom Thibodeau on officiating
