On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Knicks challenged the Pistons away. Originally this was just an ordinary regular season game, but the Knicks staged an outrageous scene, the starting five people on the floor all lost points, fortunately, the substitute five played well, helped the team to complete the rebound in the final quarter, and finally helped the team beat the Pistons 94-85 to achieve three consecutive wins.
The two teams attacked and defended each other in the first half, the Pistons just played a 13-0 offensive attack, and then the Knicks responded with a wave of 12-2 attacks, the Knicks led by 7 points in the first half; in the third quarter, the Knicks suddenly muted at the offensive end, only 4 points were scored in the first 9 minutes, Sadiq Bay and Diallo joined forces to score points, the Pistons exploded a 25-4 offensive climax, the Knicks became 7 points behind after the third quarter, the situation changed again in the last quarter, the Pistons were dumb on the offensive end, and the Knicks Burks took points to lead the team to 14-0. The Pistons were unable to chase points and eventually lost the game.
The Knicks won this game also outrageously, starting as Walker, Grimes, Barrett, Randle and Robinson. However, this set of starts was rubbed on the ground by the Pistons' starting points, the Pistons' Bay had 32 points and 9 rebounds, Diallo had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists; in contrast, of the Knicks' starting 5, only Barrett had 15 points and 7 rebounds; Randall had 2 of 11 and only 5 points; Walker Magic was no longer 1 of 5, and Grimes was 5 of 0. The combined plus-minus of the starting 5 on the court is -116, and what is even more unexpected is that the Knicks actually won this game.
It was thanks to their bench five, Quickley, Gibson, Burks, Toppin and McBride, who combined to score 65 points and score 94 points. In fact, this season, the Knicks started to dig a big hole, and there were many games to fill the pit off the bench, but such an outrageous one is still extremely rare. What is even more helpless is that the Pistons have such a good opportunity to grasp it, and the substitute players have been directly blown up by other substitute players.
The core of the Knicks, Randall, was also blamed for the game, constantly fighting alone on the court, the offensive efficiency is extremely low, and only when he does not get the opportunity to shoot will he choose to pass the ball. Although he led the team to the playoffs last season, he was easily limited by his opponents and could not make adjustments himself, which is the gap between him and the stars.