Pistons snap NBA-record, 15-game postseason losing streak, beating Knicks 100-94 in Game 2
NEW YORK AP Cade Cunningham wasn t thinking about himself after the first postseason supremacy of his career His focus was on all the Detroit fans who stuck by the Pistons during years since the last one Now Cunningham and his teammates want to give those fans more than just a championship They want to get them a series Cunningham had points and rebounds Dennis Schroder made the tiebreaking -pointer with seconds left and the Pistons snapped their NBA-record -game postseason losing streak by beating the New York Knicks - on Monday night in Championship of their playoff series It s a great feeling It feels good to represent the city like we did tonight Cunningham disclosed It s something that the city been waiting on for a long time so we feel good about it and we re ready to get back to the crib and perform in front of them The Pistons who hadn t even been to the postseason since recovered after the Knicks erased a -point deficit to earn their first playoff win since Championship of the Eastern Conference finals against Boston The Celtics won the final two games of that series and the Pistons were then swept in and before dropping Event at Madison Square Garden Now they are back in the win column all tied in the series and will host Battle on Thursday night Schroder who wasn t even on the Pistons until a exchange in February nailed the -pointer after the Knicks had used a - run to tie it at on Josh Hart s dunk He finished with points off the bench The Pistons engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history this season going - after a -win season in - that included a -game losing streak longest ever in a single season They were then in good shape to win Battle with an eight-point lead after three quarters before the Knicks used a - run in the fourth to win - Detroit built another eight-point advantage after three Monday and this time made the big plays after another Knicks rally We got bigger things we re out here for coach J B Bickerstaff mentioned So our focus and that s why our guys have been able to grow and be consistent because they just think about the now and I thought they did a great job tonight of staying in the moment and doing what we needed to do Jalen Brunson scored points for the No -seeded Knicks but Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby were each limited to after both finished with points in the opener And now it s on us to respond Brunson reported Cunningham bounced back with a strong performance after the All-Star guard was just for in Encounter The Knicks struggled to keep him out of the paint and defend him without fouling as the Pistons shot free throws to the Knicks two while building a - lead at halftime AP NBA https apnews com hub nba Source
