First victory in almost a month (November 23) at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks, winners 105-91 Pistons Tuesday evening and worn by the trio Evan Fournier (22 points at 9/24, 2 rebounds, 3 assists) – Kemba Walker (21 points at 8/21, 8 rebounds, 5 assists) – Julius Randle (21 points at 8/18, 11 rebounds, 3 assists) but also a good Mitchell Robinson, in double-double with 17 points at 8/9 and 14 rebounds (plus 3 blocks) off the bench. Tom Thibodeau started him in the second half. New York remained on 5 defeats in a row at home, where the team’s record (3rd victory in 11 games) is 6-10 this season.
Ahead of 48-37 at the break after scoring 24 points in each of the first two quarters, the Knicks started their third quarter with an 11-0. The first and last points of the run were scored by Fournier for the +22, 59-37 after less than 2 minutes of play in the period. Detroit thanks to good passages of Trey Lyles at the end of the period returned to 80-69 before playing the 4th, then to 5 points in the 4th before Robinson inside and Walker and Fournier from afar take care of giving back 13 points in advance to the locals 3 minutes later. Know lee finished the Pistons’ leading scorer (36.2% on shots) with 16 points. Cade Cunningham was limited to 7 points at 2/13 (9 rebounds, 8 assists) in 32 minutes. Killian Hayes (ill) did not play.
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