Detroit Pistons face defeat at hands of the New York Knicks at Palace of Auburn 125-116
The New York Knicks (9-9) scored 125 points whereas the Detroit Pistons (6-11) had 116 points.
Arena Stats
The New York Knicks defeated the Detroit Pistons 125-116 at Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit. There were 16,015 basketball fans present for the whole duration of 2:48 of the game.
Box Score
Player stats
New York Knicks (9-9)
Amare Stoudemire scored 37 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and dished out seven assists, Raymond Felton had 23 points whereas Wilson Chandler and Danillo Gallinari both scored 20 points each to clinch the victory against the Pistons.
Detroit Pistons (6-11)
Tayshaun Prince scored 31 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Rodney Stuckey scored 29 points and Ricahrd Hamilton scored 17 points for the Pistons.
Technical Fouls
None of the teams committed any technical fouls.
Inactive Players
The inactive players were Kelenna Azubuike, Eddy Curry and Ronny Turiaf from the Knicks and Jonas Jerebko, DaJuan Summers and Terrico White from the Pistons.
Scoring
The lead changed as many as 20 times and the game was tied 12 times.
The Knicks grabbed 48 rebounds, whereas the Pistons grabbed 41. The Knicks took 13 offensive rebounds whereas the Pistons took 10. The Knicks gave 18 turnovers and the Pistons gave 13. Both the teams had 14 fast break points. The Knicks took the biggest
lead by 10 points and the Pistons took by eight. Both the teams scored 40 points in the paint.
Quotable
"I get in trouble if I do that, that's the problem. You do that and win 60 games, you get fired", said the Knicks coach Mike D’ Antoni, who had been criticized for overplaying his regulars in Phoenix.
Raymond Felton played for a duration of 53 minutes and 29 seconds despite his stomach flu and came out with a back to back in the game.
Toney Douglas was one of the players, who the Knicks missed the most as he was injured. Felton placed instead of him and he earned 15 of his 23 points and 11 assists in the fourth quarter of the game.
Smart moves
Knicks forward Ronny Turiaf was sidelined by D’Antoni because he had a sore knee. Wilson Chandler was replaced as the forward whereas Stoudemire was moved to center. Chandler did a marvellous job and made a breaking entry as he scored 13 points in the first
quarter. He added another spark in the second overtime when he scored a 3 pointer.
QUOTABLE II: “I didn't even feel it out there. I'm sure that I will feel it tomorrow, though”, said Landry Fields, who plays rookie guard for the Knicks. He made a record for playing for 51 minutes, Derrick Rose played for 55 minutes
on March 9, 2009.
Greg Monroe is just the perfect person for playing backup center for the Pistons. He scored six points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out two steals. He also blocked a shot by Shawne Williams and knocked the ball out of bounds against the Knicks rookie
center Timofey Mozgov.
Strongest link
Felton stood his ground as the Knicks’s new floor leader. He has an average of 18.1 ppg, second to Stoudemire and scoring a team best 7.9 apg.
Weakest link
In the first half of the game Ben Gordon attempted turnovers on back to back possession of the ball. He could not defend the team and he scored a miserable three points in 29 minutes of play.
UP NEXT: For the Knicks, Tuesday vs. New Jersey, Friday @ New Orleans, Sunday @ Toronto. For the Pistons, Tuesday @ Orlando, Wednesday @ Miami, Friday vs. Orlando.
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