Who won Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks?

The New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 123-112 on April 19, 2025.

Tobias Harris scored 25 for the Detroit Pistons; Jalen Brunson scored 34 for the New York Knicks.

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

2024-25 · Playoffs Sat, Apr 19, 2025 · 6:00 pm EDT · All results that day · Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks head-to-head · Detroit Pistons schedule · New York Knicks schedule

Final

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Venue: Madison Square Garden

Eastern conference first round

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 123-112 at home in the playoffs on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Madison Square Garden. Jalen Brunson had 34 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists for the New York Knicks. Tobias Harris had 25 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists for the Detroit Pistons.

The New York Knicks led 57-55 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the fourth quarter, won 40-21. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Karl-Anthony Towns (double-double, New York Knicks), Cade Cunningham (double-double, Detroit Pistons). Bench points: Detroit Pistons 30, New York Knicks 22. Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks?: The New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 123-112 on April 19, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Tobias Harris scored 25 for the Detroit Pistons; Jalen Brunson scored 34 for the New York Knicks.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Detroit Pistons	27	28	36	21	112
New York Knicks	27	30	26	40	123

Game leaders

Detroit Pistons

Points: 25 Tobias Harris
Rebounds: 6 Tobias Harris
Assists: 12 Cade Cunningham

New York Knicks

Points: 34 Jalen Brunson
Rebounds: 11 Karl-Anthony Towns
Assists: 8 Jalen Brunson

Cade Cunningham double-double (21 PTS, 12 AST) · Karl-Anthony Towns double-double (23 PTS, 11 REB)

Detroit Pistons
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Tobias Harris starter	39:47	25	6	0	0	2	1	8-13	4-5	5-5	0	-16
Cade Cunningham starter	39:05	21	6	12	0	0	6	8-21	1-4	4-5	3	-6
Tim Hardaway Jr. starter	27:37	19	2	1	1	0	2	7-13	3-8	2-3	0	-3
Jalen Duren starter	24:43	7	6	3	1	3	1	3-4	0-0	1-2	4	-20
Ausar Thompson starter	22:49	10	6	1	0	0	3	4-8	0-0	2-3	5	+0
Malik Beasley bench	34:57	20	4	2	2	1	2	7-16	6-12	0-0	2	-9
Dennis Schröder bench	25:58	8	0	3	2	1	2	3-8	1-2	1-2	2	-2
Isaiah Stewart bench	18:52	2	5	1	0	2	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	+8
Ron Holland bench	6:08	0	2	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	-7

Not available: Jaden Ivey

New York Knicks
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
OG Anunoby starter	44:06	23	7	0	5	2	2	8-18	3-8	4-4	3	+10
Jalen Brunson starter	40:28	34	2	8	0	0	1	12-27	2-5	8-10	3	+2
Karl-Anthony Towns starter	39:10	23	11	5	4	2	0	10-14	1-3	2-2	3	+22
Josh Hart starter	29:33	13	7	6	0	1	2	6-10	1-1	0-0	3	+20
Mikal Bridges starter	28:43	8	2	2	0	2	0	4-9	0-2	0-0	3	-16
Mitchell Robinson bench	17:54	6	6	0	1	2	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	-9
Miles McBride bench	15:11	0	1	4	1	0	2	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	+9
Cameron Payne bench	14:40	14	0	1	1	0	1	5-7	3-5	1-1	3	+23
Landry Shamet bench	10:13	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	-6

Not available: Ariel Hukporti

Team statistics
Detroit Pistons	Stat	New York Knicks
15/20 (75%)	Free throws	15/17 (88%)
26/54 (48%)	2 pointers	39/67 (58%)
15/32 (46%)	3 pointers	10/26 (38%)
41/86 (47%)	Field goals	49/93 (52%)
37	Rebounds	36
26	Defensive rebounds	28
11	Offensive rebounds	8
23	Assists	26
19	Turnovers	9
6	Steals	12
9	Blocks	9
21	Fouls	21
8	Max points in a row	21
18:49	Time spent in lead	22:56
9	Biggest lead	13

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: New York Knicks ahead)

Largest margin: 11 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 13
Times tied: 11
Largest lead · Detroit Pistons: 9 Q3 1:10
Largest lead · New York Knicks: 13 Q4 4:49
Longest run: 21-0 New York Knicks · Q4 9:06 to Q4 4:49

Scoring plays

Q1 · 26 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
11:16	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson Free throw	1	0
10:45	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 3-pt field goal	1	3
10:22	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	3	3
9:05	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	3	6
8:42	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	3	8
8:17	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	3	10
7:25	Detroit Pistons	Malik Beasley 3-pt field goal	6	10
6:34	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 2-pt field goal	8	10
6:16	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	8	12
5:55	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	8	14
5:36	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 3-pt field goal	11	14
5:16	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	11	15
5:16	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	11	16
4:47	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	13	16
4:34	New York Knicks	Mitchell Robinson 2-pt field goal	13	18
4:18	Detroit Pistons	Isaiah Stewart 2-pt field goal	15	18
3:49	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. 2-pt field goal	17	18
3:22	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. 2-pt field goal	19	18
3:12	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	19	20
2:51	Detroit Pistons	Malik Beasley 3-pt field goal	22	20
1:58	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 2-pt field goal	24	20
1:42	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	24	22
1:21	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 2-pt field goal	26	22
1:08	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	26	25
0:17	Detroit Pistons	Dennis Schröder Free throw	27	25
0:00	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	27	27

Q2 · 30 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
11:53	New York Knicks	Cameron Payne 3-pt field goal	27	30
11:35	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pt field goal	30	30
11:17	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	30	31
11:08	New York Knicks	Landry Shamet 2-pt field goal	30	33
10:45	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris Free throw	31	33
10:45	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris Free throw	32	33
9:59	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	34	33
9:39	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	34	35
8:48	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	34	37
8:22	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	34	39
7:53	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	34	40
7:00	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 3-pt field goal	37	40
6:21	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	39	40
5:47	Detroit Pistons	Malik Beasley 3-pt field goal	42	40
5:09	New York Knicks	Mitchell Robinson 2-pt field goal	42	42
4:55	Detroit Pistons	Malik Beasley 3-pt field goal	45	42
4:37	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	45	44
4:07	New York Knicks	Mitchell Robinson 2-pt field goal	45	46
3:41	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby Free throw	45	47
3:41	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby Free throw	45	48
3:27	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 3-pt field goal	48	48
1:53	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris Free throw	49	48
1:53	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris Free throw	50	48
1:25	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	50	50
1:08	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	52	50
0:49	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby Free throw	52	51
0:49	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby Free throw	52	52
0:32	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	52	55
0:05	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	52	57
0:01	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 3-pt field goal	55	57

Q3 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
11:43	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 3-pt field goal	55	60
11:23	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. 2-pt field goal	57	60
10:58	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	57	62
10:33	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pt field goal	60	62
10:11	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren Free throw	61	62
9:26	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. 2-pt field goal	63	62
9:26	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. Free throw	64	62
9:09	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	64	64
8:54	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	66	64
8:40	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	66	66
8:18	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	68	66
7:54	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	70	66
7:14	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	72	66
6:53	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	72	68
6:23	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	72	70
5:49	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	72	72
5:31	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	74	72
5:31	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	75	72
5:06	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	75	74
4:42	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pt field goal	78	74
4:14	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	78	76
4:05	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	80	76
2:34	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	80	77
2:34	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	80	78
1:57	Detroit Pistons	Malik Beasley 2-pt field goal	82	78
1:35	Detroit Pistons	Malik Beasley 3-pt field goal	85	78
1:10	Detroit Pistons	Dennis Schröder 2-pt field goal	87	78
0:53	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 3-pt field goal	87	81
0:42	Detroit Pistons	Dennis Schröder 3-pt field goal	90	81
0:21	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	90	82
0:21	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	90	83
0:02	Detroit Pistons	Tim Hardaway Jr. Free throw	91	83

Q4 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
11:49	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	91	85
11:11	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 3-pt field goal	91	88
10:45	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	93	88
10:45	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson Free throw	94	88
10:17	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	96	88
10:02	New York Knicks	Cameron Payne 2-pt field goal	96	90
9:16	Detroit Pistons	Dennis Schröder 2-pt field goal	98	90
9:06	New York Knicks	Cameron Payne 2-pt field goal	98	92
9:06	New York Knicks	Cameron Payne Free throw	98	93
8:27	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	98	95
7:47	New York Knicks	Cameron Payne 3-pt field goal	98	98
7:16	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	98	100
6:41	New York Knicks	Cameron Payne 3-pt field goal	98	103
6:15	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	98	105
5:52	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	98	107
5:13	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	98	109
4:49	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	98	111
4:35	Detroit Pistons	Malik Beasley 3-pt field goal	101	111
4:05	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	101	112
3:53	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	101	114
3:45	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	102	114
3:45	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	103	114
2:56	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	103	116
2:34	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris 2-pt field goal	105	116
2:34	Detroit Pistons	Tobias Harris Free throw	106	116
1:58	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	107	116
1:41	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	107	118
1:36	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	109	118
1:23	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 3-pt field goal	112	118
1:05	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	112	120
0:44	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	112	122
0:24	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	112	123

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