Heroes and zeros of Knicks’ 118-116 game victory over the Pistons Thursday night in Detroit:
Hero
After two days of abundant speech that Karl-Anthony Towns I needed more touches and offensive shots, it came out more aggressive than the leg series.
It ended with 31 points in 10 of 18 shots from the field and 4 of 8 from a range of 3 points along with eight rebounds.
Zero
Tobias Harris scored 25 and 15 points, respectively, in the first two games in the series, but it was a complete Non-Show on Thursday night with only two points in 1 of 8 shots from the field.
And he fought in defense against Towns, which led the piston to put Jalen in the great man of the Knicks.
Hero not recognized
Og Anunoby recovered from his doubt game 2, ending with 22 points.
It was also a strong runningham defense, keeping it 24 points in 10 of 25 shots from the field along with six ball losses.
Key statistics
53: years since the Knicks had four players (the member of the Hall of Fame, Clyde Frazier, Jerry Lucas, Bill Bradley and Dave Debusshere) obtained 20 points or more in a playoff game, according to MSG.
