2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East First Round: #3 New York Knicks vs #6 Detroit Pistons (Series tied 1-1)

[RookieStar]

What was that call?

[bstein14]

Detroit is playing harder right now... doesn't mean they will win but they have outplayed New York for everything but a 7 minute stretch in the 4th quarter of game 1.

[ibraheim718]

Really bad habits on those free throws

[mhd]

Brunson needs to adjust. Fair or not the refs are looking at him more skeptically.

He's certainly crafty in terms of drawing fouls. Refs typically don't fall for that stuff in the playoffs. They swallow the whistles.

[Ckay]

FT is crazy.

[sp6r=underrated]

They just lost their poise late in Game 1 which is expected of a young team. This second half will tell us a lot of their growth and maturity— will we see an ending like G1 or will they have learned from it already.

Watching Cunningham’s play in the 1st half… i predict it’s the latter


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I don't think Pistons collapse again. We'll have to win it.

Yeah, we're going to have to put them away. We can't wait for them to drop the ball.

Yup, Detroit has now played NY almost 7 quarters in the playoffs. The difference between the two teams has been negligible. No reason to bank on Detroit s*&^ing their pants again.

[ibraheim718]

Knicks have just become way too Brunson-centric. It would be nice to see him just focus on facilitating for a quarter or half but unfortunately he's a chucker. He has some guys on the team that can score.. why does he insist on making it so hard?

[California Gold]

Pistons inexperience is showing why this lead isn’t bigger. Still I’m impressed with what I’ve seen from their squad win or lose. Knicks are seasoned with more talent and at home and they Pistons have taken it to them both games thus far without fear.

[Maury2423]

I'm watching the TNT OT BS on the nba app so i dont get replays..... can anyone explain how that was a clear path foul? It looked like a normal shooting foul on an alley oop

[sp6r=underrated]

Brunson needs to adjust. Fair or not the refs are looking at him more skeptically.

He's certainly crafty in terms of drawing fouls. Refs typically don't fall for that stuff in the playoffs. They swallow the whistles.

Refs don't call fouls in the post-season is over estimated. But what is true is if refs get fooled in game, as Brunson did in G1, they get much more skeptical in G2.

[2weekswithpay]

Awful spacing by the Knicks. Hart and Kat cut to the same spot.

[Maury2423]

How's that not a jump ball? lol Kat had his hand on the ball lmao

[JulioItaliano]

Knicks are the worst team in the play offs

[sp6r=underrated]

KAT is giving me memories of Randle right now. That's not a good thing.

[tmorgan]

Duren has limitations, but at least is playing loose and clearly not scared.

Ausar looks a little shook.

[Nuntius]

The Pistons are just playing some beautiful defense against Brunson.

[Chuck Everett]

Brunson is playing way too selfishly. This may need to sit him for a bit to get his mind right.

[Maury2423]

Knicks have just become way too Brunson-centric. It would be nice to see him just focus on facilitating for a quarter or half but unfortunately he's a chucker. He has some guys on the team that can score.. why does he insist on making it so hard?

Funny thing, we have had spurts of not playing like that and the offense looks so much more fluid but for some dumb reason we always revert to the Brunson Brunson Brunson offense. I know it's Brunson's main style but he has shown to play differently, so i'll put that on Thibs

[ibraheim718]

That Cunningham move was insane. Caught it one bounce around the back one handed dunk are you serious? He made that look so easy.

[doogie_hauser]

Don't mess this up Pistons !