Pistons vs. Knicks Series Analysis: Closer Than Expected

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00:00Now, on the flip side, Steph, boy, the Pistons, I don't think they're going to win this series.

00:04But, man, they are fighting the Knicks with everything that they have.

00:06And if not for Brunson just going bananas in the fourth quarter every game, it could be Detroit up in this series.

00:12Knicks are five and a half point favorites tonight, total 214 on the FanDuel Sportsbook.

00:16Can Detroit pull this one out?

00:19I mean, there's a pretty good case that this should be 2-2.

00:22I'm sure people know that that call that the refs blew in game four, Tim Hardaway Jr. was fouled on the three.

00:27So, I mean, if he had made those free throws, the Knicks probably would have lost that game.

00:32They would have to go the whole length of the court with like one and a half seconds left.

00:35Unlikely they would have been able to do that.

00:37So I think this series is a lot closer than that 3-1 deficit indicates.

00:41Also, you know, Jalen Brunson has just been gunning it out through this right ankle injury.

00:45He missed 15 games during the regular season.

00:48It didn't look like he was going to come back in some of these games because it was bothering him so much.

00:53So you never really know how effective he's going to remain with that.

00:56So, yeah, I mean, I think that this one is actually a little bit definitely closer than the other series we've talked about.

01:01So, yeah.