A sense of duty realized in Detroit
The Knicks took a dive in crisis in Detroitlosing 31 points. It must be said that it is Clips were firmly awaiting their opponent, to get some revenge after being eliminated by these same Knicks last spring, during the first round of the playoffs.
“The boys had that in mind”, recognizes JB Bickerstaff on this additional motivation. “It’s a new season”sourit Cade Cunningham, the undisputed best player honours. “We were aware that there was a little more to this match: we wanted to beat them, we’re not going to hide that. It was obvious.
These two teams have yet to meet this season. Their last matchup was Game 6 of the first round, played in Michigan last May. NOW, it’s this slap which were inflicted by the leaders of the East.
“Obviously it’s not worth as much as last season’s series win”Ausar Thompson tempers. “But it’s a good start to make up for what happened last season. Keeping it under 100 points means a lot and shows the mentality of each of us.”
Now that revenge has been taken, the Pistons will be able to think about what comes next because this success, certainly authoritative and important, remains a regular season victory with limited consequences.
“We don’t celebrate it as a championship. That’s what we should have done in this part. We all felt the same: we won and we’re moving on.” analyzes Isaiah Stewart. “It’s a big victory, which means a lot” adds Cade Cunningham. “It was last year’s series, so the fact that we are first, they are second in the table. They wanted to come for us, and we didn’t let them.”
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Ft | Pts |
| Cade Cunningham | 32 | 35:51 | 46.0 | 33.2 | 83.9 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 26.7 |
| Jalen Duren | 31 | 28:23 | 63.3 | 0 | 72.4 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 17.9 |
| Tobias Harris | 23 | 27:26 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 84.8 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 13.4 |
| Duncan Robinson | 33 | 29:35 | 42.4 | 38.0 | 78.4 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 11.6 |
| Ausar Thompson | 31 | 26:17 | 51.2 | 27.8 | 54.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 11.5 |
| Isaiah Stewart | 32 | 23:13 | 52.4 | 36.8 | 73.4 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 9.9 |
| Three Smiths | 2 | 11:00 | 75.0 | 0 | 71.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| Caris Levert | 26 | 20:07 | 43.7 | 38.4 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 8.4 |
| Ronald Holland II | 33 | 20:36 | 40.8 | 23.9 | 80.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 8.2 |
| Poor Ivey | 20 | 16:15 | 45.3 | 37.1 | 80.8 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| Daniss Jenkins | 28 | 15:34 | 44.0 | 40.3 | 80.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 7.6 |
| Javonte Green | 35 | 19:05 | 43.2 | 34.7 | 77.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
| Marcus Sasser | 7 | 10:00 | 53.8 | 56.3 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
| Paul Reed | 27 | 10:51 | 61.3 | 40.0 | 62.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| Chaz Lanier | 14 | 9:43 am | 33.3 | 32.4 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Bobby Clinton | 6 | 8:50 | 33.3 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| Isaac Jones | 1 | 1:00 am | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Colby Jones | 1 | 7:00 a.m | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Wendell Moore Jr | 3 | 14:20 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
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