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Detroit Pistons vs. New York Knicks

January 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Knicks 121-90 on 2026-01-05 at home. The Pistons started Duncan Robinson, Isaiah Stewart, Paul Reed, Cade Cunningham, and Ausar Thompson. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mitchell Robinson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 13 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson as his primary defender. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 9 points (2/5) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaiah Stewart GS	31:51	7	9	0	0	2	0	2	3-8	1-4	0-2	+13
Cade Cunningham GS	29:04	29	3	13	1	2	5	2	11-17	3-4	4-5	+23
Paul Reed GS	25:31	8	8	1	0	1	1	5	4-7	0-1	0-0	+22
Duncan Robinson GS	20:45	9	5	0	1	0	1	0	3-8	2-6	1-1	+25
Ausar Thompson GS	19:37	10	7	1	2	0	3	1	4-8	0-0	2-2	+23
Javonte Green	29:24	17	2	1	3	0	0	1	6-9	4-6	1-2	+12
Ronald Holland II	24:01	5	5	1	1	3	1	0	2-5	1-1	0-0	+6
Daniss Jenkins	22:40	12	0	4	1	2	1	1	5-10	2-4	0-0	+16
Jaden Ivey	22:04	16	3	1	1	0	1	0	6-10	1-2	3-4	0
Marcus Sasser	5:01	8	0	1	1	1	1	1	3-3	2-2	0-0	+5
Tolu Smith	5:01	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Chaz Lanier	5:01	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5
Totals		121	44	25	12	11	15	15	47-86	16-31	11-16

NYK

New York Knicks 90

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	30:30	25	3	0	0	0	6	3	10-21	2-6	3-3	-18
OG Anunoby GS	28:41	5	2	1	3	1	2	2	1-4	0-2	3-4	-31
Mikal Bridges GS	25:41	10	0	1	1	1	1	1	4-10	2-3	0-0	-13
Mitchell Robinson GS	24:50	2	10	1	0	1	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-10
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	22:31	6	1	1	0	0	6	3	1-4	1-2	3-3	-27
Miles McBride	24:52	17	2	2	0	0	1	3	6-9	5-6	0-0	-3
Jordan Clarkson	19:42	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	3-6	2-5	0-0	-14
Tyler Kolek	19:28	9	3	1	0	0	0	2	3-8	1-2	2-2	-6
Kevin McCullar Jr.	16:16	4	3	3	2	0	2	2	2-5	0-1	0-0	-17
Ariel Hukporti	8:56	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-3
Guerschon Yabusele	8:56	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Mohamed Diawara	5:01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Pacôme Dadiet	4:36	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-5
Totals		90	30	15	7	3	20	17	32-76	13-30	13-14

Lineups

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson Starter 12.4 min
Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Jaden Ivey · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 8.7 min
Javonte Green · Marcus Sasser · Chaz Lanier · Tolu Smith · Daniss Jenkins 5.0 min
Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Jaden Ivey · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 3.9 min
Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Ausar Thompson 3.8 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson Starter 6.8 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Kevin McCullar Jr. · Tyler Kolek 5.8 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 5.6 min
Guerschon Yabusele · OG Anunoby · Miles McBride · Ariel Hukporti · Tyler Kolek 3.9 min
Jordan Clarkson · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Tyler Kolek 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pistons defense

Jalen Brunson 13 pts (4/7) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Ausar Thompson (29 %, 2 pts) · Duncan Robinson (20 %, 4 pts) · Ronald Holland II (16 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 9 pts (4/7) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Paul Reed (47 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Stewart (25 %, 2 pts) · Cade Cunningham (6 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Isaiah Stewart	Mitchell Robinson: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cade Cunningham	OG Anunoby: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 7 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Javonte Green	Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Paul Reed	Karl-Anthony Towns: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mitchell Robinson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ronald Holland II	Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duncan Robinson	Jalen Brunson: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Miles McBride: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jaden Ivey	Miles McBride: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Daniss Jenkins	Tyler Kolek: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ausar Thompson	Jalen Brunson: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Chaz Lanier	Pacôme Dadiet: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tolu Smith	Ariel Hukporti: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Guerschon Yabusele: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Sasser	Kevin McCullar Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Knicks defense

Cade Cunningham 9 pts (2/5) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (33 %, 2 pts) · Miles McBride (18 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Clarkson (12 %, 0 pts)
Daniss Jenkins 12 pts (5/10) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Tyler Kolek (47 %, 5 pts) · Mohamed Diawara (11 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Clarkson (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Ausar Thompson: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Javonte Green: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
OG Anunoby	Cade Cunningham: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mikal Bridges	Duncan Robinson: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Javonte Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mitchell Robinson	Isaiah Stewart: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paul Reed: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Miles McBride	Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Ivey: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Reed: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Isaiah Stewart: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Javonte Green: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaden Ivey: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tyler Kolek	Daniss Jenkins: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaden Ivey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Cade Cunningham: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Guerschon Yabusele	Javonte Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ronald Holland II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Tolu Smith: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Isaiah Stewart: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet	Chaz Lanier: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Daniss Jenkins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chaz Lanier: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)