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- Isaiah Stewart will miss Game 5 against the New York Knicks due to a right knee injury.
- Stewart, the Pistons’ defensive anchor, has missed the last four playoff games with the injury.
Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart has been ruled out of Game 5, the team revealed before their elimination game against the New York Knicks.
Stewart missed the Pistons’ final two games of the season, and their last four playoff games with right knee inflammation. The fifth-year forward is the backbone of the Pistons’ defense, and tried playing through the injury in Game 1 on April 19 before subbing out of the game for good early in the fourth quarter.
Game 5 will be played at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m., and the Pistons will try to starve off elimination after heartbreaking home loss in Game 4, which ended with a missed call on Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-point attempt that would’ve given them a chance to win and tie the series.
Isaiah Stewart backup plan for Pistons is Paul Reed
Paul Reed played eight minutes in Game 4 as the backup center behind Jalen Duren. “BBall Paul” finished with two points, four rebounds and a block.
Reed, 6 feet 9 and 220 pounds, played in 45 games this season as the Pistons third center, averaging 9.7 minutes per game and scoring 4.1 points on just 50.7% shooting.
Reed, 25, was the 58th overall pick out of DePaul by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2020 draft. He played in 32 playoff games over four seasons with the Sixers.
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