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Knicks Can't Slow Down Cunningham & Pistons in Game 2

 Try as they may, the Knicks just didn't have enough in the tank to pull of a monumental comeback against the Detroit Pistons in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round Series.  

Behind a three-pointer by Dennis Schroder, Detroit held on to win 100-94 in a game that was reminiscent of the kind of defensive battles we used to see all the time in the NBA in the 90s and early 00s. 


The Knicks trailed Detroit by 13 with 7:10 to go in regulation before Jalen Brunson's three-pointer with 6:47 to go seemed to wake the Knicks from their slumber. 

All of a sudden New York rallied, including going on a 12-2 run down the stretch to tie the game at 94 on Josh Hart's dunk with 1:15 to go. 

However Schroder's three-pointer took air out of the Knicks sails. Couple that with missed three-pointers by Mikal Bridges and Brunson, and just like that it was a loss on a Monday night at the Garden. 

While Schroder killed the Knicks off the bench with 20-points for Detroit, it was 22-year old Cade Cunningham who ate New York's lunch. Cunningham was impossible, leading the Pistons with 33 points as 12 boards. 

He was an match-up nightmare, as he always seems to be when these two teams meet up. 


 

Bruson was a lone man on an island for New York. He led the Knicks with 37 points, but no other Knicks got to 20-points on the night. The closest was Bridges with 19. OG Anunoby (4-for-10 from the field, including 0-for-4 from downtown) had 10 points. Karl Anthony Towns had only 10 points, and Josh Hart finished with only 10 points. 

That's not going to get it down. 

Now the series shifts to Detroit for Games 3 and 4 with the series knotted at a game a piece. This could become a really bumpy series for the Knicks.

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