With his Detroit Pistons, Dennis Schröder compensates for the playoff series against the New York Knicks. The Motor City team has been celebrating the first playoff victory since 2008.
Thanks to Dennis Schröder, the Detroit Pistons also stopped their negative series and celebrated the first playoff victory in the NBA for almost 17 years.
The German basketball star won with the team from Motor City 100: 94 at the New York Knicks. Detroit equalized the playoff series by winning 1-1. Four victories are necessary for progress.
Dennis Schröder showed a strong game
Since the fourth game in the semi-finals of the 2007/08 season against the Boston Celtics (2: 4), the Pistons had lost 15 play-off games in a row-NBA negative record. Now the Schlimme series ends in the rounds of render 2009, 2016 and 2019 after 0: 4 bankruptcy.
NBA: Schröder with outstanding game
The fact that Detroit after the bitter opening defeat on Saturday in Big Apple when the Knicks won according to a 15-point deficit (123: 112), which equalized, was also due to Schröder.
The 31-year-old scored 56 seconds before the end by three to 97:94. Eight seconds before the end, the Braunschweiger converted an important free throw to 98:94.
The Point Guard came from the bank, recorded 20 points in just under 29 minutes, with outstanding odds from the field. Schröder met six of his ten attempts from the field (60 percent). He also hit three of his five litters from the triple line, of which he often had problems. He also sank five of his six free throws.
The top scorer of the pistons was Cade Cunningham with 33 points. The third game of the Best-of-Seven series takes place on Thursday night in Detroit.