Knicks fail to lock up No. 3 seed in loss to pesky Pistons
NY Post
DETROIT — Nothing was settled.
The Knicks had a chance to clinch the third seed Thursday and essentially lock in Detroit as a first-round opponent.
Instead, they played it safe with rest days and minutes restrictions and were overwhelmed down the stretch Thursday by the scrappy Pistons, 115-106.
It wasn’t a good omen for a potential playoff preview that the Knicks were the softer side in the final minutes.
“They just out-toughed us. They did. The whole fourth quarter,” said PJ Tucker, the veteran who received rotation minutes for the first time this season. “We kept it close but they just out-toughed us. That’s something we got to address. Obviously, not having OG [Anunoby], not having Josh [Hart], getting those guys back will help a lot.
“I just feel like down in the trenches like that in the playoffs this year, they’re not calling nothing. They’re letting a lot of stuff go right now and I like it. The refs are letting a lot of stuff go both ways. With that happening, guys got to play differently. We got to play different. We got to toughen up. It’s more physical. We got to toughen up.”
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