The New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 94-85 on Dec 29, 2021 at Little Caesars Arena.
Final · Little Caesars Arena
Top performers
- Alec Burks led the Knicks with 34 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Saddiq Bey led the Pistons with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.
New York Knicks box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Burks | 27 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12-17 | 5-8 | 5-5 | 2 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 35 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-13 | 2-7 | 8-8 | 1 |
| RJ Barrett | 25 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 1 |
| Obi Toppin | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 |
| Julius Randle | 26 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2-11 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2 |
| Taj Gibson | 28 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Kemba Walker | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Quentin Grimes | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Miles McBride | 25 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Team | 241 | 94 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 31-81 | 8-31 | 24-27 | 14 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Detroit Pistons box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddiq Bey | 43 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9-19 | 6-13 | 8-8 | 2 |
| Hamidou Diallo | 39 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13-19 | 1-2 | 4-7 | 6 |
| Derrick Walton Jr. | 37 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Luka Garza | 39 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-10 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Team | 158 | 75 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26-58 | 10-25 | 13-17 | 14 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Knicks · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 28, 2021: NY 96, MIN 88 · Next Dec 31, 2021: NY 80, OKC 95
- Pistons · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 26, 2021: DET 109, SA 144 · Next Jan 1, 2022: SA 116, DET 117