Pistons winning one important battle over Knicks in first two playoff games
NY Post
The Pistons have fully lived up to their regular-season reputation.
They’ve outmuscled the Knicks through two games of this first-round series, which is tied 1-1 heading to Detroit.
Their physicality has been an early difference-maker.
It was particularly noticeable in Game 2 on Monday night, which the Knicks lost, 100-94, at Madison Square Garden.
They manhandled the Knicks, which left coach Tom Thibodeau ranting about the officiating. But they got away with it despite some thinking it crossed the line into fouls.
“I feel like they had better intensity,” Jalen Brunson said after the game. “When it comes to the playoffs, the team that loses and comes back is just more into it. It’s a natural reaction when you are in the playoffs. When you lose, you find a way to be better. You have to give them a lot of credit. It’s up to us to respond.”
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