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New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons

February 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Knicks 126-111 on 2026-02-19 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Paul Reed, Cade Cunningham, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 4 points (2/13) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 23 points (8/11) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NYK

New York Knicks 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	37:44	33	6	8	2	0	6	4	12-20	3-7	6-6	-9
OG Anunoby GS	31:35	8	0	0	0	4	0	4	3-13	1-8	1-2	+1
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	30:55	21	11	4	1	0	2	3	7-14	1-4	6-6	0
Josh Hart GS	27:49	11	4	3	0	0	1	1	5-8	0-0	1-2	-13
Mikal Bridges GS	25:28	8	3	0	1	0	1	3	4-9	0-3	0-0	-6
Landry Shamet	28:14	15	2	2	0	1	0	1	4-10	3-8	4-6	-13
Jose Alvarado	20:31	6	4	5	1	0	2	3	3-8	0-5	0-0	-12
Mitchell Robinson	19:10	7	6	0	2	1	0	1	2-4	0-0	3-6	-15
Jeremy Sochan	9:56	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Mohamed Diawara	8:38	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		111	38	24	9	7	12	22	41-87	8-35	21-28

Did not play: Jordan Clarkson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DET

Detroit Pistons 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	38:28	42	8	13	1	2	5	0	17-34	5-11	3-3	+12
Tobias Harris GS	31:35	11	10	5	1	1	2	2	4-16	1-5	2-4	+17
Ausar Thompson GS	30:50	10	5	4	3	0	1	3	4-8	0-0	2-2	+10
Paul Reed GS	29:24	18	7	2	1	3	0	4	7-9	0-1	4-4	+14
Duncan Robinson GS	20:40	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-6	3-6	0-0	+3
Javonte Green	20:10	9	5	0	2	0	2	1	2-4	1-3	4-5	+4
Caris LeVert	20:03	8	2	3	1	2	1	0	3-6	2-3	0-0	+10
Tolu Smith	18:29	4	2	0	0	0	0	5	2-3	0-0	0-0	+1
Daniss Jenkins	18:11	8	2	2	0	0	3	3	3-4	0-0	2-2	+5
Ronald Holland II	12:10	7	2	1	0	0	0	2	3-3	1-1	0-0	-1
Totals		126	44	30	9	8	14	20	48-93	13-30	17-20

Did not play: Jalen Duren (DNP - League Suspension), Kevin Huerter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Marcus Sasser (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Stewart (DNP - League Suspension)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 14.4 min
Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado 4.2 min
OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado 3.1 min
OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Mohamed Diawara 3.0 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Jeremy Sochan 2.9 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson Starter 14.4 min
Tobias Harris · Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Daniss Jenkins 4.7 min
Tobias Harris · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson · Daniss Jenkins 4.3 min
Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ronald Holland II 3.2 min
Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Cade Cunningham · Ronald Holland II · Tolu Smith 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Knicks defense

Cade Cunningham 4 pts (2/13) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (32 %, 0 pts) · Mikal Bridges (12 %, 0 pts) · Jeremy Sochan (10 %, 0 pts)
Daniss Jenkins 8 pts (3/6) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Jose Alvarado (29 %, 2 pts) · Landry Shamet (26 %, 4 pts) · Jalen Brunson (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Ausar Thompson: 35 poss., 14 pts (5/9) · Daniss Jenkins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Reed: 28 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Tobias Harris: 10 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
OG Anunoby	Cade Cunningham: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Javonte Green: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Josh Hart	Tobias Harris: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Duncan Robinson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Landry Shamet	Caris LeVert: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Daniss Jenkins: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Mikal Bridges	Duncan Robinson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Mitchell Robinson	Tolu Smith: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Paul Reed: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Daniss Jenkins: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Caris LeVert: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jeremy Sochan	Cade Cunningham: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tobias Harris: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Cade Cunningham: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Jalen Brunson 23 pts (8/11) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Ausar Thompson (38 %, 4 pts) · Duncan Robinson (15 %, 3 pts) · Javonte Green (12 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 15 pts (5/12) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Paul Reed (49 %, 6 pts) · Tobias Harris (13 %, 2 pts) · Tolu Smith (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	OG Anunoby: 26 poss., 11 pts (4/9) · Josh Hart: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ausar Thompson	Jalen Brunson: 28 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paul Reed	Karl-Anthony Towns: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Mitchell Robinson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tobias Harris	Josh Hart: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Duncan Robinson	Jalen Brunson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javonte Green	Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tolu Smith	Mitchell Robinson: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniss Jenkins	Jose Alvarado: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Landry Shamet: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Caris LeVert	Jose Alvarado: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Landry Shamet: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II	Landry Shamet: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Brunson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)