Jalen Brunson scored 40 points, including 4.3 seconds to tiebracing 3-pointer, as New York Nix visited the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference with a 116–113 win over Detroit Piston in Game 6 on Thursday.
Mikal Bridge contributed 25 points and OG Anunobi added 22 points as the third seeded Maz won the first-4-2 first-round series on the sixth seeded piston and moved to the semi-finals of the conference for the third consecutive year. New York will face Celtics, starting with Game 1 in Boston on Monday.
Cad Cunningham had 23 points and Jalan Duran had 21 piston for Piston, who have lost the NBA-Cord 10 Strait Home Playoff Games since 2008. The visiting team won five out of six matches in the series. Malik Bezle, who had 18 points in the first half, ended with 20, and he performed a game-ending turnover after Brunson’s clutch shot.
The Naxal Third quarter appeared to break the open game as the bridges dunk pushed Kushan to 86-73. Piston struggled on the crime, recalling 12 of its 18 shots in the quarter, including all seven 3-point efforts.
New York placed a comfortable cushion in the fourth quarter, before Detroit tightened its defense and ran the 11 straight points with 6:06 remaining to tie the game to 103. Piston scored 112–105 on a jumper from Tim Hardway Junior to score nine out of the next 11 points.
Brunson had a three-point play and another basket and Carl-Venthony Town divided a pair of free throw to draw the nix with 1:19 within 112–111.
After Duran made one of the two free throw, the bridges tied 113 to tie the game with 35.6 seconds in a rebound. Cunningham missed an upcoming shot and Bronson got the ball, ran in court and hit the game-winner over the 3-point arch.
Brunson scored 15 points on 7 to 9 shooting in the first quarter, as Nix took a 37-23 lead. Piston made only 20 shots from the floor and made three turnover during this period.
After following 15 points in the second quarter, Piston shut down six directly New York Shots and used a 9–0 run to tie the game on 49. Cunningham gave Detroit his first lead 58-57 with his floater with 61 seconds. Beyasali returned with 15 points in the quarter, all were coming on 3-point shots, and with the end of the time, his tray gave Detroit 61-59 Halftime Cushions.
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