New York 90, Detroit 87

April 28, 1992

Opening Round - New York wins 3-2

The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Michigan)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Joe Crawford, Blane Reichelt, Bill Oakes

Team Rebounds: New York (0) Detroit (0)

Technicals: New York (0) Detroit (0)

  1 2 3 4 OT Final
NYK (51-31) 22 18 21 18 11 90
DET (48-34) 20 21 18 20 8 87

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 88 101.7 98.3
DET 88 98.3 101.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .402 0.170 0.388 0.230
DET .388 0.124 0.349 0.247

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 47:00 12-27 0-0 8-10 20.0 5 8 13 1 4 2 2 2 32
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 46:00 3-9 0-3 4-5 6.4 1 0 1 7 2 2 0 4 10
32 Xavier McDaniel Starter SF 43:00 9-20 0-0 3-4 12.8 6 7 13 2 6 1 0 3 21
34 Charles Oakley Starter PF 38:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 3.2 2 8 10 0 3 0 0 1 0
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 29:00 1-9 0-1 3-4 0.5 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 5
50 Greg Anthony Bench PG 07:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0
14 Anthony Mason Bench PF 19:00 5-8 0-0 1-1 13.9 4 5 9 0 1 1 2 1 11
3 John Starks Bench SG 27:00 2-8 2-5 0-0 2.2 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 6
55 Kiki Vandeweghe Bench SF 09:00 2-2 0-0 1-1 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
  Team                                
        265 34-87 2-9 20-25 80.9 19 30 49 19 24 7 5 15 90
          39.1% 22.2% 80.0%                    

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 48:00 5-13 0-2 5-7 6.4 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 15
40 Bill Laimbeer Starter C 39:00 5-13 2-5 3-3 11.1 1 8 9 1 4 2 0 1 15
10 Dennis Rodman Starter PF 42:00 4-7 0-0 3-4 14.8 6 8 14 2 5 0 0 1 11
11 Isiah Thomas Starter PG 44:00 3-12 0-2 0-0 10.0 1 4 5 11 2 2 0 3 6
0 Orlando Woolridge Starter SF 18:00 5-13 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 10
23 Mark Aguirre Bench SF 16:00 2-7 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 4
22 John Salley Bench C 37:00 7-17 0-0 6-9 11.6 3 3 6 4 5 1 2 2 20
5 Darrell Walker Bench SG 21:00 1-3 0-0 4-4 8.0 4 3 7 0 1 1 0 1 6
  Team                                
        265 32-85 2-9 21-27 76.1 15 28 43 22 22 8 3 11 87
          37.6% 22.2% 77.8%                    

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
11.3p, 3.8r, 8.6a
Gerald Wilkins
12.4p, 2.5r, 2.7a
Xavier McDaniel
13.7p, 5.6r, 1.8a
Charles Oakley
6.2p, 8.5r, 1.6a
Patrick Ewing
24p, 11.2r, 1.9a
Rotation  
 
John Starks
13.9p, 2.3r, 3.4a
 
 
Anthony Mason
7p, 7r, 1.3a
 
 
Lim PT Greg Anthony
5.5p, 1.7r, 3.8a
 
 
Kiki Vandeweghe
7p, 1.3r, 0.9a
 
 
 
 

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Isiah Thomas
18.5p, 3.2r, 7.2a
Joe Dumars
19.9p, 2.3r, 4.6a
Orlando Woolridge
14p, 3.2r, 1.1a
Dennis Rodman
9.8p, 18.7r, 2.3a
Bill Laimbeer
9.7p, 5.6r, 2a
Rotation  
 
Darrell Walker
5.2p, 3.2r, 2.8a
Mark Aguirre
11.3p, 3.1r, 1.7a
 
 
John Salley
9.5p, 4.1r, 1.6a

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