New York Knicks – Detroit Pistons · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 1 May 2025

NYK116–113DET

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↑ DET winsNYK wins ↓

The last point of this curve falls on DET's side, but NYK won 116-113. It is an ESPN error at the close of the game: the curve is shown as it is and no conclusion is drawn from it.

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when DET leads and falls when NYK does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jalen Brunson decided it, the New York Knicks player with the most points (40, with 4 rebounds and 7 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Josh Hart's (+13). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Detroit Pistons 113-116 New York Knicks (May 1, 2025) was hit by Jalen Brunson: a three-pointer with 5.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the New York Knicks up 116-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Detroit Pistons 113-116 New York Knicks (May 1, 2025) was a 13-0 run by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth quarter (from 8:11 to 5:30), from 92-103 to 105-103. The New York Knicks' best was a 11-0 run in the first quarter (from 8:02 to 6:21), from 9-8 to 20-8.

What were the keys of the last Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks game?

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Play: Jalen Brunson makes 25-foot three pointer.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jalen Brunson decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 5.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Brunson decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

1 May 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401768045:671; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NYK

Anunoby · Bridges · Brunson · Hart · McBride

Closing lineup · DET

Cunningham · Harris · Hardaway · Schroder · Beasley

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NYK

OG Anunoby

44′ · +2

Mikal Bridges

44′ · +7

Jalen Brunson

42′ · +5

Karl-Anthony Towns

37′ · +8

Josh Hart

35′ · +11

Mitchell Robinson

13′ · -10

Miles McBride

17′ · -6

Cameron Payne

6′ · -4

DET

Cade Cunningham

44′ · -2

Tobias Harris

39′ · -23

Jalen Duren

39′ · -3

Tim Hardaway Jr.

33′ · -7

Ausar Thompson

23′ · -7

Dennis Schroder

30′ · +7

Malik Beasley

24′ · +17

Paul Reed

8′ · +3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. NYK and DET.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

New York Knicks

Towns, Anunoby, Hart, Bridges, and Brunson played 26.3 minutes together.
Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, and McBride played 5.2 minutes together.
Anunoby, Hart, Bridges, Brunson, and Robinson played 4.2 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each New York Knicks lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Detroit Pistons

Cunningham, Duren, Thompson, Harris, and Hardaway played 12.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 19 points.
Beasley, Cunningham, Duren, Harris, and Schroder played 7.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Cunningham, Duren, Harris, Schroder, and Hardaway played 5.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.

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New York Knicks

Towns, Hart, Bridges, Brunson, and McBride played 3.2 minutes together.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Robinson, and McBride played 2.4 minutes together.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Bridges, and McBride played 2.2 minutes together.
Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, and McBride played 2.0 minutes together.

Detroit Pistons

Beasley, Cunningham, Duren, Harris, and Hardaway played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Cunningham, Duren, Thompson, Schroder, and Hardaway played 5.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 14 points.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Thompson, and Schroder played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Beasley, Reed, Harris, Schroder, and Hardaway played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Harris, and Schroder played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Duren, Harris, Schroder, and Hardaway played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Beasley, Cunningham, Thompson, Harris, and Schroder played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Mikal Bridges covered 5.60 km, more than anyone in the game.

Cade Cunningham touched the ball 118 times, a game high.
Cade Cunningham made 85 passes, a game high.
Jalen Duren defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Mikal Bridges	5.60	6.9	80	57
Jalen Brunson	5.18	6.7	84	43
OG Anunoby	4.92	6.1	38	19
Josh Hart	4.30	6.7	69	54
Karl-Anthony Towns	3.96	5.8	51	36
Miles McBride	2.24	7.1	20	14
Mitchell Robinson	1.61	6.8	9	8
Cameron Payne	0.85	7.5	15	11

Detroit Pistons

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Cade Cunningham	5.28	6.6	118	85
Jalen Duren	4.71	6.6	60	44
Tobias Harris	4.60	6.3	42	31
Tim Hardaway Jr.	3.97	6.6	42	28
Dennis Schröder	3.78	6.9	56

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

New York Knicks

Josh Hart recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 2 of 388 in the league.
Jalen Brunson drew 0.31 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 3 of 388 in the league.
Cameron Payne drew 0.18 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 10 of 388 in the league.

Detroit Pistons

Tim Hardaway Jr. drew 0.24 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 6 of 388 in the league.
Ausar Thompson deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 7 of 388 in the league.
Jalen Duren contested 8.0 shots per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 25 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Detroit Pistons have won 162 of their 361 games against the New York Knicks.

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Game context

Attendance

20.062

98.7% of capacity

Little Caesars Arena · Detroit

Series

Game 6

First round

NYK 4-2

Scoring

229

combined points

11.5 above the season average (217.5)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

24 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors