The Detroit Pistons were able to cut a 22-point second-half deficit to 5 behind strong bench play, but the team’s anemic offense and complete lack of size eventually allowed the New York Knicks to prevail XX-XX Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Pistons simply had no answer for the size of Mitchell Robinson off of New York’s bench who feasted on putbacks and lobs. Robinson finished the night with 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting, 14 rebounds and three blocks.
Kemba Walker, who until recently was completely out of New York’s rotation scored 21 points as did Julius Randle whose size bothered Detroit on the interior and the perimeter where he was able to get to his spots and shoot over his defender.