Pistons’ Malik Beasley hugs the hostility of Knicks fans: ‘Wait’ until we come to Detroit ”

Malik Beasley heard the Heckler.

Beasley, who went after his defeat of his 1 defeat of his Detroit Piston’s -1 defeat at the Madison Square Garden, showed himself with a lot of Jesering Knicks fans and raised his right arm as if he wanted to ask more.

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And he did it with a big smile on his face.

“I love that,” said Beasley the next day after a film session. “This is New York. It is basketball. It is competitive. It’s the fans. Wait until we come to Detroit.”

The mockery followed a game 1, in which Beasley repeatedly initiated contact with Jalen Brunson during the interruptions and interrupted 3 points with a solemn shimmy.

He ended with 20 points on 7-of-16 shootings, including 6 out of 12 during 3-point attempts, when the pistons were defeated 123-112.

“I come from the south, so I only grew up in the stimulation in the gyms,” said Beasley, who comes from Atlanta. “I love the crowd, especially the New York fans. I love big moments. I worked hard for them. I did a lot of work, so it only comes naturally when I come in these moments.”

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Beasley plays in his fifth off -season and was previously at the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks.

The nine-year-old professional was one of several veterans outside the season, who contributed to bringing a young Pistons team from the worst record of the NBA last season in the East conference this year.

Beasley achieved an average of 16.3 points per game in 82 appearances, including 18 starts. On Sunday he was appointed as the finalist for the sixth man of the year of the NBA together with Payton Pitchhard by Boston Celtics and Ty Jerome by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

“It was a great addition to her team,” said Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau before game 2 on Monday evening in the garden via Beasley.

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“He is an elite shooter, so you have to have a lot of awareness. He doesn’t need a lot of space to pour it out, so you have to understand that you have to be there and you have to challenge.”

The 28 -year -old Beasley was also a thorn in the Knicks side during the regular season.

He made 15 of his 27 trials from a 3-point range in their four head-to-head meetings, including 13 out of 18 in Detroits two wins in the garden.

After draining a dagger 3 pointer towards the end of a victory on January 7, Beasley waved and blew the MSG audience a kiss.

“He is fearless and he loves these moments,” said Piston’s head coach JB Bickerstaff. “He writes nothing away. The audience is noise. The adversity. The garbage talks. When all the stuff happens, it only drives Beas.”

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Beasley is part of the defensive game plan of the piston against Brunson, who ended in game 1 with 34 points after shaking a 2-on-13 start from the field.

At some point Beasley hit the ball away during an interruption by Brunson. Beasley Brunson gave a thrust in the decreasing seconds of the game when he deliberately polluted it.

“He is a heavy guy, a heavy man, the best we can do to slow him down, we will do that,” said Beasley about Brunson. “If I have to lean on his body a bit or have to play around with him a bit, I’ll do it.”

Beasley said he wants Brunson to be “tired” through a potential game 7.

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Beasley interviewed after Brunson’s ability to use all players with 10 free throwing in game 1 to use his body to draw fouls.

“Chess,” added Beasley, “not checked”.