Detroit Pistons Win First Playoff Game Since 2008 Ecf, Beating The Knicks In Game 2

Cade Cunningham had 33 points and 12 rebounds, Dennis Schroder made nan tiebreaking 3-pointer pinch 55 seconds left, and nan Detroit Pistons snapped their NBA-record, 15-game postseason losing streak by beating nan New York Knicks 100-94 connected Monday nighttime successful Game 2 of their playoff series.

The Pistons, who hadn’t moreover been to nan postseason since 2019, recovered aft nan Knicks erased a 15-point shortage to gain their first playoff triumph since Game 4 of nan 2008 Eastern Conference finals against Boston. The Celtics won nan last 2 games of that bid and nan Pistons were past swept successful 2009, 2006 and 2019 earlier dropping Game 1 astatine Madison Square Garden.

Now they are backmost successful nan triumph column, each tied successful nan bid and will big Game 3 connected Thursday night.

Schroder, who wasn’t moreover connected nan Pistons until a waste and acquisition successful February, nailed nan 3-pointer aft nan Knicks had utilized a 16-4 tally to necktie it astatine 94 connected Josh Hart’s dunk. He vanished pinch 20 points disconnected nan bench.

The Pistons engineered 1 of nan biggest turnarounds successful NBA history this season, going 44-38 aft a 14-win play successful 2023-24 that included a 28-game losing streak, longest ever successful a azygous season.

They were past successful bully style to triumph Game 1 pinch an eight-point lead aft 3 quarters, earlier nan Knicks utilized a 21-0 tally successful nan 4th to triumph 123-112. Detroit built different eight-point advantage aft 3 Monday, and this clip made nan large plays aft different Knicks rally.

Jalen Brunson scored 37 points for nan No. 3-seeded Knicks, but Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby were each constricted to 10 aft some vanished pinch 23 points successful nan opener.

Cunningham bounced backmost pinch a beardown capacity aft nan All-Star defender was conscionable 8 for 21 successful Game 1. The Knicks struggled to support him retired of nan overgarment and take sides him without fouling, arsenic nan Pistons changeable 14 free throws to nan Knicks’ 2 while building a 55-49 lead astatine halftime.

The Pistons past held New York to conscionable 1 handbasket successful nan first seven-plus minutes of nan 3rd quarter. Cunningham and Tobias Harris each had 2 baskets successful an 11-0 tally that Paul Reed, playing because backup halfway Isaiah Stewart was retired pinch correct knee inflammation, capped pinch a handbasket that gave nan Pistons their largest lead astatine 68-53 pinch 5:02 remaining successful nan third.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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