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New York Knicks: Takeaways from the loss to the Detroit Pistons on Dec. 22

By Maxwell Ogden

DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 22: Kristaps Porzingis #6 of the New York Knicks reacts thinking he was fouled on a second half shot while playing the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on December 22, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 104-101. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 22: Kristaps Porzingis #6 of the New York Knicks reacts thinking he was fouled on a second half shot while playing the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on December 22, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 104-101. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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DETROIT, MI – DECEMBER 22: Kristaps Porzingis #6 of the New York Knicks reacts thinking he was fouled on a second half shot while playing the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on December 22, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 104-101. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI – DECEMBER 22: Kristaps Porzingis #6 of the New York Knicks reacts thinking he was fouled on a second half shot while playing the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on December 22, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 104-101. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

The New York Knicks lost another away game on Friday, Dec. 22, but it wasn’t quite the same as the other road losses. Here are five takeaways.

The New York Knicks were mere seconds away from exorcising their road demons on Friday, Dec. 22. Instead of emerging victorious, however, the Knicks fell short in their pursuit of victory, dropping a 104-101 nailbiter to the Detroit Pistons.

While it would be easy to simply get frustrated and write this off as another loss, it would be far more productive to evaluate what transpired.

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New York and Detroit played this game down to the wire, with the Pistons ultimately prevailing on the strength of superior clutch heroics. Both teams competed on defense, but Reggie Jackson took over down the stretch to get his team its 18th victory.

Tobias Harris led the Pistons in scoring with 24 points, and Andre Drummond provided powerful support with 18 points and 15 rebounds in just 26 minutes.

With its loss on Friday, the Knicks fell to 17-15 overall and 2-10 on the road. It was yet another underwhelming result on the road, albeit with a different story behind it and a number of reasons to be optimistic about the long-term potential of the team.

The question is: What exactly went wrong against the Detroit Pistons? Moreover, what can the New York Knicks do to improve during their upcoming games?

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