Isaiah Stewart injury status revealed for Game 3 in Pistons vs Knicks series
Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart's injury status is questionable going into Game 3, the team revealed on Wednesday afternoon's NBA injury report.
Stewart missed the Pistons' final two games of the season, and Monday's Game 2 win over the New York Knicks with right knee inflammation. The fifth-year big man is the backbone of the Pistons' defense, and tried playing through the injury in Game 1 on Saturday before subbing out of the game for good early in the fourth quarter.
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After the team's practice Wednesday, Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said Stewart is "day-to-day" going forward. Game 3 will be played at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit at 7 p.m., and the Pistons have a chance to take the series lead after Monday night's upset win in New York.
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'I think we all felt it,' Bickerstaff said of Stewart after the team's Game 1 film session Sunday. 'He was phenomenal last night. His effort, how he protected the rim, the energy that he brought, how his teammates fed off of his injury was huge.
"When he's not on the floor for us, we all have to bring that. We have to find a way because we can't just lean on him all the time or expect it to just be him. We have to play with that same ferociousness and that effort that he does.'
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