Julius Randle post season-high 42 points as surging Knicks top Pistons
Randle also passed Hall of Famer Bernard King for 25th place on the Knicks’ all-time scoring list with 5,486 points, while Brunson recorded at least 25 points for the sixth straight game.
Immanuel Quickley registered 17 points and RJ Barrett added 13 as the Knicks also won for the 10th time in their past 12 road games. They improved to 14-8 overall away from the Garden, one road win behind the Celtics for the NBA lead in that category. Saddiq Bey and Jaden Ivey each scored 21 points and Knicks castoffs Kevin Knox and Alec Burks chipped in off the bench for the Pistons , who played without Cade Cunningham , Bojan Bogdanovic , Marvin Bagley Jr. and ex-Knick Nerlens Noel .
Randle netted 13 points, Brunson chipped in 10 and Quentin Grimes scored eight, including two 3-pointers, as the Knicks built a 39-22 lead through one quarter. The last time the Knicks were in Motown, on Randle’s 28th birthday on Nov. 29, he had scored 17 of his 36 points in the opening stanza. The former Knicks, Burks and Knox, combined for 13 points in the second quarter as the Pistons shaved a 20-point deficit to 62-55 at intermission. But Randle netted 13 in the third as the Knicks extended their lead to 10 entering the final period.
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson defends against Detroit Pistons guard Hamidou Diallo during the first quarter.They led 100-82 barely two minutes into the fourth before the Pistons whittled that advantage to seven on Isaiah Livers’ corner trey with 5:17 remaining.
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