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2026-27 · Regular season
New York Knicks beat Detroit Pistons 111-97 for their first win as Karl-Anthony Towns has 27 points and 20 rebounds
Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 20 rebounds and the Knicks outscored Detroit 37-13 in the third quarter to hand the Pistons their first loss.
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Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 20 rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat the previously unbeaten Detroit Pistons 111-97 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, October 27, for their first win of the season. The Knicks are 1-3 after losing their first three games. The Pistons are 3-1.
Towns shot 12-of-21 in 33 minutes, with eight of his rebounds on the offensive glass, and scored 13 of his points in the third quarter. Jalen Brunson scored 23 points, 10 of them in the third quarter, and made 13 of 16 free throws despite shooting 5-of-18 from the field and 0-of-5 from three. Mikal Bridges made four of his eight threes for 12 points.
How it turned
Detroit led 38-25 after the first quarter, its biggest lead of the night, with Paul Reed scoring 13 points and closing the period with a 22-foot three at the buzzer. New York outscored the Pistons 26-12 in the second quarter. Bridges’ 22-foot three put the Knicks up 46-45 with 3:47 left in the half, and Brunson’s two free throws with 2.4 seconds left made it 51-50 at halftime.
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The Knicks opened the third quarter on an 11-0 run, with Brunson making his first three shots of the half and Bridges adding a three, and led 62-50. Towns scored 13 points in the quarter, including a 25-foot three with 5:30 left that made it 74-56, and Josh Hart hit a 25-footer at the buzzer to make it 88-63. New York outscored Detroit 37-13 in the period.
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Towns’ layup 50 seconds into the fourth quarter made it 90-63, the Knicks’ biggest lead. Detroit outscored New York 34-23 in the fourth, but after the Knicks’ run in the third the Pistons never got closer than 10 points.
The numbers
New York shot 38-of-88 from the field, 12-of-36 from three and 23-of-28 from the free-throw line. The Knicks outrebounded the Pistons 49-45, with 19 offensive rebounds, and had 28 assists to Detroit’s 23. They also scored 17 points off Detroit’s 14 turnovers, while Detroit scored 23 off New York’s 18. Landry Shamet scored 13 off the bench on 3-of-5 three-point shooting, Andre Drummond had 10 points and 8 rebounds in 14 minutes, and OG Anunoby scored 13 with 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Hart had 6 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals.
Detroit’s side
Reed started in place of the injured Jalen Duren and had 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting with 9 rebounds. Cade Cunningham scored 19 points on 7-of-18 shooting, with 9 rebounds and 8 assists, and Daniss Jenkins and Ausar Thompson scored 11 each. Detroit shot 37-of-87 and 9-of-37 from three, and made 14 of 24 free throws. The Pistons won the paint 48-44 and blocked 11 shots, 3 of them by John Collins. Isaiah Joe was also out for Detroit, and Jose Alvarado was out for New York.
What’s next
The Pistons host the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Knicks visit the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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