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GT: Pistons vs Knicks GAME 2 4/21/25 @ 7:30 pm on TNT

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Post#1 » by 3toheadmelo » Sun Apr 20, 2025 8:58 pm

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Post#2 » by TKKnicks1 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:10 pm

We won last game so spirits and optimism gonna be through the roof but I'm a realist and the fact is we went down 9 late in the third. Thibs hand was forced several times in the game. One was with Hart in foul trouble he had to play Mitch/KAT. Two was that Mikal and Deuce were duds out there and he had to play Cam. Both of these moves ended up in our favor and Thibs made the right calls. He needs to be more proactive than reactive in the playoffs and read the game better.

If we go up 2-0 then lock this up. No way this Pistons team will win 4 out of the next 5.
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Post#3 » by robillionaire » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:15 pm

TKKnicks1 wrote:We won last game so spirits and optimism gonna be through the roof but I'm a realist and the fact is we went down 9 late in the third. Thibs hand was forced several times in the game. One was with Hart in foul trouble he had to play Mitch/KAT. Two was that Mikal and Deuce were duds out there and he had to play Cam. Both of these moves ended up in our favor and Thibs made the right calls. He needs to be more proactive than reactive in the playoffs and read the game better.

If we go up 2-0 then lock this up. No way this Pistons team will win 4 out of the next 5.


I thought the same when we went up 2-0 against the pacers last year and then OG got injured. That’s the only kind of thing we have to be worried about
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Game 2, Monday 7:30pm: Hurt Trash Talk 

Post#5 » by Zenzibar » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:49 pm

A bit butt hurt? These Pistons lack a bit of professionalism and proper leadership.

Bulletin: Our Captain belittled and disrepected.

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The New York Knicks defeated the Detroit Pistons on Saturday at Madison Square Garden to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Knicks outscored the Pistons 40-21 in the fourth quarter to win the game by a final score of 123-112.

New York was led in scoring by All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson, who finished with 34 points in 40 minutes while shooting 12-of-27 from the field, 2-of-5 from beyond the arc and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line.


Game 2 between the Pistons and Knicks is on Monday and some subtle shade is already taking place between Detroit and New York.

After practice on Sunday, Pistons forward Ausar Thompson said Brunson does a lot of "selling" to get foul calls.



Brunson averaged 6.9 free throw attempts per game during the regular season. He was eighth in the NBA in free throw attempts (448).

Thompson is the Pistons' primary defender on Brunson, the Knicks' top scorer. It will be intriguing to watch this matchup moving forward, especially after Thompson's comments about Brunson "selling" to get foul calls.

The Pistons are in the playoffs for the first time since 2019. They haven't won a playoff game since 2008.

Meanwhile, the Knicks are in the postseason for the third consecutive year. They lost to the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the 2024 playoffs in seven games. New York hasn't reached the conference finals since 2000.

The Pistons played well for three quarters in Game 1 before collapsing in the fourth quarter. Only time will tell how Detroit responds



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Post#6 » by Iron Mantis » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:57 pm

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Post#7 » by Zenzibar » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:58 pm


Jalen Brunson is on the fast track to becoming the most beloved player in Knicks history



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Jalen Brunson was quickly becoming the king of New York's modern sports culture, but after giving the Knicks what will likely amount to a $37 million discount on the four-year contract extension he signed Friday, Brunson might be on his way to an even bigger title: most beloved Knick ever.

That's a behemoth of a statement, and it's probably not true quite yet. Patrick Ewing still feels like the guy with Walt Frazier and Willis Reed right alongside or behind him.

Still, Brunson, after just two years in the Big Apple, is positioned to take Ewing's throne sooner than later. Not only because of this significant bit of organizational philanthropy that will likely allow the young core of this team to stay together for potentially the next half decade but due to the entire city of New York watching him him evolve from the 2022 free agent that everyone thought was getting overpaid into a full-fledged superstar.

This Knicks fan base had reason to believe it was going to land LeBron James in 2010. Instead, New York traded the farm for Carmelo Anthony and won just seven playoff games over the next 10 seasons. This is a marquee franchise if there ever was one, and yet, Kevin Durant announced to the world that it wasn't cool to play for the Knicks as he and Kyrie Irving spurned them for their neighbor, the Brooklyn Nets, in 2019.


Brunson was just coming off his rookie season with Dallas at that point, and there was no indication that he was on a path to be anyone's franchise player, let alone one in New York. Again, when the Knicks got him in 2022, despite his high level of play with the Mavericks, it was widely regarded as a reach to pay him $104 million. It turned out to be one of the league's biggest bargains.

The overwhelming majority of players that outplay the first contract extension of their career -- especially to the extent Brunson has done so -- would be looking to secure as much money as possible on their next deal. But Brunson has potentially sacrificed as much as $113 million for the team.

Now, that number requires some context. It's really only $37 million over the next three years as outlined here; it was always unlikely that Brunson would commit to the Knicks, or anyone, beyond the summer of 2028. At that point, as a 10-year veteran, he will become eligible for the full max at 35% of the salary cap, which based on future cap projections, could equate a mind-boggling five-year extension worth more than $417 million.


Brunson definitely had his own financial motivations to sign this extension in the summer of 2024 rather than wait to the summer of 2025. That would've pushed his subsequent free-agent summer to 2029, a year beyond the minimum amount of time he now needs to wait to become eligible for his absolute maximum.

The bottom line: Even if Brunson is taking a calculated risk more directly aimed at maximizing his own ultimate payday, the prevailing perception is that he just gave up a king's ransom in the name of his team. Both are actually be true. There is no guarantee that Brunson won't get hurt, or even see his future value decline due to unforeseen market forces, and never actually realize these expected payoffs.

Perception, in this case, trumps reality. Given the money NBA superstars earn these days, there is nothing easier to get behind than a major name in a major city giving up major cash so his team can flourish. Tom Brady did it. Tim Duncan did it.


A rising tide lifts all boats, and the Knicks are definitely on the rise after trading for Mikal Bridges and re-signing OG Anunoby. This is a legitimate championship contender.

By surrendering this short-term money, Brunson is effectively ensuring that the Knicks are not a one- or two-year wonder that ultimately can't stay together long enough to realize their full potential. Team president Leon Rose waited this thing out making smart, shorter-term commitments and saving his trade capital for the right moves in Bridges and Anunoby, but Brunson's discount deal is what gives a half-decade run a realistic outlook in this new second-apron world.

It's almost impossible to put a value on what that means to a Knicks fanbase that has been yearning for a savior. Carmelo didn't work out. LeBron, KD and Kyrie, they all said no. Brunson, after admitting he would have stayed with the Mavericks had they offered him the $55 million for which he was eligible to sign, has become the surprise superstar nobody saw coming; the gift that, whether in the form of his basketball or contractual heart, keeps on giving.


New York loves him for this -- even more than it already did. Eventually, probably more than it has ever loved any Knicks player.
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Post#8 » by Iron Mantis » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:00 pm

Take this game and you'll take the Pistons' spirit.

I expect a scorching Brunson and a Mikal bounce back game. Deuce will also remember how to put the ball in the basket.
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Post#9 » by vallen » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:10 pm

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Post#10 » by TheGreenArrow » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:13 pm

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Post#12 » by thebuzzardman » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:24 pm

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Post#13 » by thebuzzardman » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:27 pm

At MSG, correct?

Playoffs is 2-2-1-1-1, right?
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Post#14 » by Enzo954 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:31 pm

Hopefully we don't need a bench player to come in and spark a fire under our asses this time. I expect JB to have a better start.
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Post#16 » by TheGreenArrow » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:47 pm

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Post#17 » by TKKnicks1 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:54 pm

Play the mismatches! Tobias can't guard no one. Timmy can't guard no one. Just throw the ball down to whomever they are guarding. Let the doubles come, get some off ball movement and find the open man. Ive had enough of this stagnant BS offense. Look like a buncha pansies out there all confused like the Pistons got some elite defense or something.

Mikal should be getting off at least 15 mid rangers every game this series.
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Post#18 » by KnicksGadfly » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:58 pm

Great thread (looks good on the phone)

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Post#19 » by Red Vines » Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:37 am

I actually love that Detroit is pushing and challenging us, it will either make us better or expose our weaknesses we need to fix.
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Post#20 » by Adelheid » Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:49 am

apologies, but i love the trash talking between teams - thats vintage basketball. I want our other players who are soft, to get it on with it then perhaps, they may be able to grow some spine lol

also, y'all know how petty jalen can be, right? he gonna use that as motivation

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