The Pistons shot 31.8% (7-for-22) in the final period, and were outscored 40-21. They looked like an inexperienced team late, letting the game escape from them as the road crowd roared. Mistakes piled late, and they finished the night with 19 turnovers, off of which the Knicks scored 25 points — 11 in the fourth.

New York beating Detroit had become something of an NBA certainty, with the Knicks doing it 16 straight times over a span of five years