With a great protagonist of Kidd Cunninghamwho scored 33 points and gathered 12 rebounds, the Pistons managed to prevail 100-94 of the Knicks and achieve their first victory in postseason after 17 years, equaling to 1-1 the order between them In the NBA playoffs.
Dennis Schroeder achieved a decisive three -point, 55 seconds before the finaleand so Detroit put an end to the negative record of 15 consecutive defeats in playoffs – the largest in the league history.
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The Pistons had not even participated in the playoffs since 2019. This was their first postseason victory after the fourth East East match against the Celtics. Since then, they were excluded with a broom in 2009, 2016 and 2019, and had lost this year’s first match at Madison Square Garden.
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Now they returned to the victories, with the order to be transferred to Detroit For Game 3, Thursday night.
Schroederwho was added to the roster in February, scored 20 points from the bench and won the big shot when the Knicks had been tied to 94-94, After nailing Josh Hart and individual score 16-4.
It is worth noting that the Pistons have succeeded one of the biggest racing transformations In the NBA story: by the season of 14-68 and the 28-year-old record (the biggest one in one year), reached 44-38 and returned to the playoffs.
In the first match They had 8 points at the end of the third period, but collapsed 21-0 in the fourth twelve minutes, losing 123-112. This time, however, they kept 8 points again In the third quarter and they did not let the victory escape them.
For the KnicksJaylen Branson had 37 points, but Carl-Anthony Towns and Ji Anunobi were limited to 10 each, after 23 points each in the first match.
Source: Sport Fm
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