Jalen BrunsonThe 3-point of the top of the arc with 4.3 seconds remaining in the regulation raised the New York Knicks has A 116-113 victory on Detroit pistons In match 6 of their NBA eliminatory series in the first round. With the victory, the Knicks qualified for the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference to face the Boston Celtics.
Brunson finished with 40 points, pulling 15 out of 33 from the ground, while adding seven assists and four rebounds to exceed Strait and avoid a match 7 at Madison Square Garden. Mikal Bridges Added 25 and And Anunoby Marked 22 for the Knicks. Cities of Karl-Anthony Finished with 10 points, but caught 15 rebounds before getting worse with less than a minute to do.
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Cade CunninghamThe rider of the free throw line with five minutes to play gave the pistons an advance of 105-103, finishing a race of 13-0. Josh Hart Equipped the match with a lay-up on the next possession of the Knicks, but Detroit scored the following seven points while New York missed six consecutive shots.
The Knicks had the opportunity to find their heads with a minute to play, but Ausar Thompson prevented Brunson from being shot and that Detroit took over. Jal Made one of the two free throws to give the pistons an advance of 113-111. But after a dead time, Bridges gave a Miss Brunson to equalize the scoring with 35 seconds to play. On the possession that followed, Cunningham missed a lay-up, Hart rebounded, then Brunson did his thing, Tremblant Thompson badly to free himself for this winner of the match.
“Jalen's Shot, what can you say?” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau later said. “It is its best when its best is necessary.”
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Cunningham led the pistons with 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, but pulled 0 for 8 on 3 points. Duren followed with 21 points and six plates, offering a key defensive presence in painting. Malik Beasley Added 20, reaching 6 out of 13 3s, but did not do it in the second half.
Knicks become hot early, but pistons go back in return
Brunson asserted himself at first, scoring 15 points with four assists at the first quarter. He pulled 7 for 9 from the ground, led to an effort to shoot 60% in New York (4 out of 10 out of 3s).
The Knicks built their advance at 42-27 on the Towns jumper two minutes from the second quarter, but Detroit finally made a race from there starting with a Dennis Schröder 3. The pistons dominated New York 19-8 on a six-minute section to equalize the scoring at 49-49, fed by three 3 points of Beasley with Cunningham and Duren working their lob game inside.
Detroit took his first advance of the match at 58-57 with a minute before half-time on a short rider from Cunningham and entered the changing rooms at the top of 61-59 on the sixth pointer 3 points from Beasley of half-time. It finished a quarter of 38-22 for the pistons.
The pistons are becoming cold after half-time
The Knicks came out again in the third quarter, performing a 15-6 race in the first four minutes, crowned by a Brunson pointer at 3. New York opened a margin of 10 points on a 3 of Anunoby and, more importantly, they marked Duren with his fourth fault.
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With Isaiah Stewart Missing his fifth match of the series with an inflammation of the right knee, the piston coach JB Bickerstaff briefly decided to do without a center. But the Knicks easily led to the basket and to Strait put Paul Reed In the game before you can get delay.
The Knicks extended their lead behind five points in Brunson and appeared in danger of losing momentum when Anunoby was called to a fault for throwing Schröder on the ground. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau challenged the call, arguing that Schröder was holding Anunoby first. New York has lost the challenge, but has maintained a two -digit lead on a 3 of bridges and put back dunk by Josh Hart.
Detroit pulled 6 out of 18 during the quarter, including 0 out of 7 behind the arc. Tim Hardaway Jr. Finally broke this cold spell with a 3 to halfway through the fourth, its only long-term brand in the game.
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The pistons ended their season with a difficult series against the Knicks, making playoffs as a seeded n ° 6 with a record of 44-38 After making a spell of League 14-68 Last season. New York can continue its aspirations on the title with a confrontation against the title champion of the NBA Celtics who will kick on Monday, time of the match to announce.
