For the third plain season, the New York Knicks had a largely developed Detroit Pistons in five seasons, and for the fourth time in five seasons.
Jalen Brunson and 3-Tosthum Knicks since 1992 in the first season series between the teams 3-Tosthum Knicks hosted the first round of the teams that started on Saturdays.
Knicks has gone 51-31 for the best normal season record since he won 54 matches in 2012-13. New York has also finished for the first time since the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons.
The difficult reality is that three of the losses of Knicks this season are Pistons for the first time in playoffs since 2019, which has won only 14 matches last season.
“We are ready to show the world – we are ready to show people on this scene what Detroit basketball is about: how we play, how we work and how we do it.” He said.
Knicks is an average of 115.8 points, the ninth best in the NBA and at least 120 points 28 times, thanks to a crime thanks to a crime. They got a few clutch performances from Brunson before he missed 15 matches with ankle injury. He returned with five games in the normal season.
“He doesn’t surprise you,” said Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau Brunson. “I’m trying not to accept it.
Brunson received an average of 26 points in a 48.8 percent shot and played four matches after injury. Last year, in the first round of the playoffs, Brunson, Knicks Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers’a 29.7 in the second round, which resulted in a Game 7 home loss, scored 35.5 points.
Brunson was injured until the end of the season of last spring, and Knicks entered the series after he couldn’t use Julius Randle last season. Randle kidnapped with a shoulder injury after the season and was traded to Minnesota Timberwolves for Karl-Anthony towns.
After Minnesota helped to reach the Western Conference Finals in 2024, Towns received an average of 24.4 points and this season fell by 52.6 percent of the 3 -point range, including 42,0 percent. He also took the best 12.8 rebounds of his career and substituted 58 couples.
Knicks was added to Brooklyn Nets for Mikal Bridges, who was traded from Phoenix Suns for Kevin Durant in 2023, after sending four unprotected first round elections. The bridges got an average of 17.6 points and hit 50.0 percent for the fourth time in his career.
Even with new additions, Pistons defeated Knicks three times at four normal season meeting. Brunson scored 36 points when Knicks hit 51.5 percent and reached 18 3 in Detroit Way on 1 November.
On December 7, Pistons doubled in New York on December 7 with 29 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds.
The pistons really warmed after a three -point loss to Cleveland Cavaliers on February 5th.
Pistons then used a eight -game winning series and won 19 of the last 31 matches and ended the normal season. Cunningham is the best general choice in 2021 to receive a average of 26.1 points.
Cunningham also scored 36 points to beat New York in Detroit on April 10, and scored 30.8 points in four games against Knicks.
“He did it against everyone,” Thibodeau said from Cunningham. “We know how good it is, and we must be ready for him.”
Detroit enters Boston Celtics on May 26, 2009 in the 4th game of the Eastern Conference Finals.
“We’re not just happy to be here, Bic Bickerstaff said. “We will go out and compete our tails and see how far we can go.”
Together with the former first round Jalen Duren, Cunningham, the veterans in the 208 playoff game Tobias Harris, Tim Hardaway Jr. And he was besieged by Malik Beasley.
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