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New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons

October 27, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Knicks beat the Pistons 111-97 on 2026-10-27 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Pistons started John Collins, Duncan Robinson, Paul Reed, Cade Cunningham, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 9 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 8 points (3/11) in his matchups, with Duncan Robinson 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	36:26	23	1	7	0	0	1	1	5-18	0-5	13-16	+14
OG Anunoby GS	35:50	13	7	2	2	2	2	5	5-15	1-6	2-2	+13
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	32:33	27	20	3	0	0	7	5	12-21	1-5	2-2	-4
Mikal Bridges GS	31:42	12	3	4	1	0	2	0	4-10	4-8	0-0	+10
Josh Hart GS	27:16	6	4	4	5	0	3	3	2-2	2-2	0-0	+19
Landry Shamet	28:27	13	2	3	0	0	1	2	3-8	3-5	4-4	-3
Miles McBride	17:12	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	2-4	1-3	0-0	0
Andre Drummond	14:14	10	8	1	0	0	1	2	5-7	0-1	0-2	+16
Tyler Kolek	11:11	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	0-3	0-1	2-2	0
Jaden Akins	1:32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Pacôme Dadiet	1:13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
James Wiseman	1:13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Mohamed Diawara	1:13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		111	49	28	10	2	18	23	38-88	12-36	23-28

Did not play: Jordan Clarkson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DET

Detroit Pistons 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	35:40	19	9	8	0	1	3	0	7-18	2-7	3-5	-15
Duncan Robinson GS	32:34	12	0	2	1	1	1	2	4-14	2-10	2-2	-15
John Collins GS	27:24	2	9	1	0	3	1	3	1-4	0-0	0-0	-12
Paul Reed GS	25:40	22	9	3	2	1	2	5	9-12	1-1	3-4	+7
Ausar Thompson GS	25:09	11	6	2	2	1	4	6	5-9	0-1	1-3	-4
Daniss Jenkins	23:42	11	3	2	0	0	1	0	3-10	1-6	4-4	-14
Javonte Green	16:41	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	1-6	1-6	0-0	-9
Kevin Huerter	16:22	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	3-5	1-2	0-2	-11
Ronald Holland II	12:05	4	3	2	0	2	0	3	2-4	0-1	0-0	+3
Taurean Prince	7:29	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	+6
Tolu Smith	6:01	1	4	0	0	0	1	4	0-1	0-0	1-4	-18
Ebuka Okorie	3:48	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Isaac Jones	3:07	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Elijah Harkless	2:35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Chaz Lanier	1:43	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		97	45	23	8	11	14	28	37-87	9-37	14-24

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 16.5 min
Andre Drummond · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 6.5 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride · Tyler Kolek 4.5 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 2.6 min
Andre Drummond · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 2.5 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

John Collins · Duncan Robinson · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson Starter 9.1 min
John Collins · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson · Daniss Jenkins 5.0 min
John Collins · Duncan Robinson · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ronald Holland II 3.3 min
Kevin Huerter · Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Ausar Thompson · Daniss Jenkins 3.1 min
Kevin Huerter · Duncan Robinson · Javonte Green · Tolu Smith · Daniss Jenkins 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Cade Cunningham 9 pts (4/8) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (34 %, 3 pts) · OG Anunoby (26 %, 2 pts) · Josh Hart (11 %, 0 pts)
Duncan Robinson 15 pts (6/8) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Landry Shamet (31 %, 0 pts) · Josh Hart (29 %, 3 pts) · Jalen Brunson (14 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
OG Anunoby	John Collins: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Cade Cunningham: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Reed: 31 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · John Collins: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Jalen Brunson	Ausar Thompson: 17 poss., 4 pts (0/3) · Ronald Holland II: 14 poss., 4 pts (0/4)
Mikal Bridges	Cade Cunningham: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · John Collins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Landry Shamet	Duncan Robinson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Daniss Jenkins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Hart	Duncan Robinson: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cade Cunningham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride	Kevin Huerter: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Daniss Jenkins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek	Ausar Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniss Jenkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andre Drummond	Tolu Smith: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Paul Reed: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Akins	Ebuka Okorie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet	Elijah Harkless: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taurean Prince: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
James Wiseman	Isaac Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Chaz Lanier: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Jalen Brunson 8 pts (3/11) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Duncan Robinson (30 %, 3 pts) · Javonte Green (13 %, 0 pts) · Ronald Holland II (12 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 14 pts (6/12) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Paul Reed (53 %, 12 pts) · John Collins (23 %, 0 pts) · Cade Cunningham (7 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Mikal Bridges: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Josh Hart: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/8)
Duncan Robinson	Jalen Brunson: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Landry Shamet: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ausar Thompson	OG Anunoby: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Josh Hart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins	Karl-Anthony Towns: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paul Reed	Karl-Anthony Towns: 32 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Andre Drummond: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Daniss Jenkins	Miles McBride: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Landry Shamet: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Javonte Green	Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Huerter	Miles McBride: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 6 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Ronald Holland II	Jalen Brunson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · OG Anunoby: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tolu Smith	Andre Drummond: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Josh Hart: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taurean Prince	Jalen Brunson: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Josh Hart: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ebuka Okorie	Mikal Bridges: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Akins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaac Jones	Andre Drummond: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Wiseman: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Elijah Harkless	Tyler Kolek: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Landry Shamet: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chaz Lanier	Tyler Kolek: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)