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00:00Game number four yesterday in the Motor City between the Knicks and the Pistons.
00:04Very close in game number three.
00:06A big night from Carl Anthony Towns leads New York to a 2-1 series lead.
00:11The Knicks enter game four, though, as a slight two, two-and-a-half point road underdog against Detroit.
00:17The Knicks win outright in a low-scoring game, 94-93.
00:21Not just a low-scoring affair, DRS, but a controversial one at that.
00:26In the closing seconds of regulation, Detroit down by one.
00:30Cade Cunningham, a shot from around the free-throw line, was not good.
00:34Battle for a loose ball on the rebound.
00:37Ends up in the left corner, right in front of New York's bench, into Detroit's Tim Hardaway's hands.
00:43He goes up for a shot, contacted by Josh Hart.
00:47No whistle on the floor, shot no good.
00:49New York comes away with the rebound in a game four victory to take that commanding 3-1 series lead.
00:55And yet, after the game, the officiating crew, admitting that they missed the call on Josh Hart, should have been called a foul,
01:04should have allowed Tim Hardaway Jr. three free-throw attempts to put Detroit in front and give the Pistons a win.
01:11A missed call, a missed opportunity.
01:13New York wins game number four, 94-93, outright as a two-point dog.
01:19Yeah, Knicks came back in the fourth quarter.
01:21Big shot-making.
01:22Jalen Brunson, I think, came into the fourth quarter with under 20 points.
01:24He finished his game with 32.
01:25Carl Anthony Towns making three after three after three in big moments there in the fourth quarter to bring them back for that victory.
01:32But let's understand this, too.
01:33Like, I do respect the game here for Tim Hardaway Jr.
01:36You know, 4-13 from the three-point line.
01:38That's what he does.
01:39He's a three-point shooter.
01:40At the end of that game, when you shoot that final three-point shot, you've got to wind up in the third row to force that referee's hand.
01:46Because, clear, it was a foul.
01:48But the ref might not have a good look at it.
01:50But there was no real reaction at the end for Tim Hardaway Jr., except for, like, bouncing a little bit to the left off the court.
01:56You end up in the stands, like, behind it and tumble back.
01:59You will be at the free-throw line.
02:01You will knock down two of those shots.
02:02And you would win the ball game at that point.
02:04Not his fault.
02:05He got fouled and did the right thing trying to go up and make contact, which he did, and still try to get the three-point shot off.
02:10But, again, if I'm him, I wind up in the third row, and the Pistons have a win in that game.
02:15A quick little shot fake from Tim Hardaway Jr. to draw Josh Hart up into the air and get that contact.
02:22I also think DRSU's probably just trying to make the shot, so not trying to be theatrical in responding to the contact.
02:30Either way, a missed call admitted by the NBA, admitted by the officiating crew almost immediately after the game.
02:37It'll always have an asterisk, if you will, but New York, in the overall scheme of things, wins 94-93.
02:45Jalen Brunson, as DRS mentioned, with another 32-point game.
02:49He has had 30-plus in every single game, all four against the Pistons.
02:54Carl Anthony Towns, 27-9 yesterday for Detroit.
02:59The Pistons trailed by as many as 15 early in that second quarter, DRS.
03:03They ended the opening half on a rally to cut it to a seven-point deficit at the break.
03:08They came out guns blazing in that third quarter to draw even and even take that fourth-quarter lead before New York rallied once again.
03:17This has been an awesome series.
03:19We have seen some ebbs and some flows from both teams.
03:23Ultimately, though, the Knicks, a 3-1 series advantage.
03:26Everybody in Detroit has every right to be damn pissed on this Monday morning.
03:32A game stolen from you by the officiating.
03:35Ultimately, the Knicks up 3-1.
03:38The Knicks, a minus 4,000 favorite DRS to win this opening round set.
03:43We head back to Madison Square Garden for game number five.
03:47Do the Pistons have a chance of staving off elimination and returning to Motown?
03:51I mean, they do because they've played some decent basketball here in the series as far.
03:56But that's another one of those where let me test that coaching staff.
04:00Game number one, they blew that game.
04:01They should have been up 1-0.
04:02And they actually had a great performance in game number two in the Garden.
04:05So if we're just going off recency bias and how the Detroit Pistons have gathered themselves after a devastating loss,
04:11I expect a pretty good performance.
04:12But understand this.
04:13It's a closeout situation.
04:15Madison Square Garden is going to be rumbling and shaking for that game,
04:19waiting for them to advance in that game, and probably another big game out of Brunson,
04:23shooting 25-plus times from the floor.
04:25I do think the Pistons can be competent in this game and can win.
04:28But, boy, that's a tough task.
04:30Two times in this series where you should have came away with victories.
04:32You came away with losses.
04:33Can they rebound again?
04:35Just a force of game number six.