Get ready for the Pistons.
The Knicks collapsed and lost again to a superior opponent on Friday night, 108-102 to the Cavaliers, but they backed away in the third seed and a confrontation of first round with Detroit.
With OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson and Josh Hart returned after the absences of a game, the Knicks wostered an early advantage of 23 points early and finished 0-10 against the best three teams of the NBA-Cleveland, Boston, OKC.
That record will become at least the subtitle of its regular season, which ends Sunday in Brooklyn.
In the best case, the Knicks will win 51 games, one more than last season.
But for planting purposes, the hero of results on Friday there are no consequences.
The Pacers were the only threat to jump to the Knicks in the classification, and were eliminated from consideration after sitting at all their headlines and being beaten on Friday against Orlando.
The Pistons then locked the sixth seed falling into the bucks, almost 30 minutes before the final timbre of Knicks-Cavs.
After beating New York on Thursday night and winning the regular season series, Detroit travels to MSG for game 1 on April 19 or 20.
It is the first playoff series among franchises since 1992, which won the Knicks and headed by Isiah Thomas versus Patrick Ewing.
This season, the Pistons won three of the four against the Knicks with Cadingham that went for averages or 30.8 points and 8.3 assists.
Even so, many of the pistons have no experience in playoffs.
Knicks are the most experienced side and favor to move forward, regardless of their disappointing finals on the last two nights, special Friday.
Jalen Brunson, playing both games from a back consumption after Thursday’s defeat, was productive with 27 points.
But the other Knicks, Anunoby, Hart, Mikal Bridges, were ineffective or non -marble.
The only notable inactive was Karl-Anthony Towns, who sat down with a painful knee and was replaced in the initial alignment by Mitchell Robinson (33 minutes, eight points, seven rebounds).
The Cavaliers had secured their playoff position and retained their alignment on Friday.
Donovan Mitchell sat with an ankle sprain, an injury that Cleveland coach Keny Atkinson acknowledged that he kept him out of a more significant contest.
Deandre Hunter was also a break.
The 0-10 record of the Knicks has served as an accusation about New York’s qualifications as a legitimate contender.
But Kenny Atkinson, the leader of the CAVs and the favorite for the coach of the year, said he is irrelevant after the weekend.
“For me, I would like to do it one thing. You know that once the playoffs begin, all this means nothing. Clean the board. The playoffs start. All bets are turned off,” said Atkinson. “We have children or we fight with some elite teams. I have no children to buy that.
“Knicks are an experienced team, well trained,
That will be the message in the future.
Get ready for the Pistons.
