After dominating the first half to the tune of a 24 point halftime lead, the Detroit Pistons let the New York Knicks back in the game with an abysmal third quarter, and even trailed with two minutes left in the fourth.
It took some late Reggie Jackson heroics to prevent the Pistons from suffering what would have been arguably the worst loss of the Stan Van Gundy era.
The Pistons energy to start the game was fantastic, and they jumped all over the Knicks immediately, looking every bit like a playoff team despite playing without Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. If the Pistons could have started the second half like they started the first, this game would have been over much, much sooner.
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