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Malik Beasley is no scaredy KAT.<\/p>\n
Pistons guard Malik Beasley expressed no concern about facing former teammate and current Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns ahead of Saturday\u2019s Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not worried about KAT,\u201d Beasley said. \u201cI don\u2019t worry about KAT. I\u2019m not even thinking about him.\u201d<\/p>\n
He latter added: \u201cHe\u2019s the least of my worries.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pistons are heavy underdogs entering this matchup against the Knicks while they aim to win their first postseason series since 2008.<\/p>\n
Beasley\u2019s comments, though, along with his recent piece in the The Players\u2019 Tribune, show the upstart team is taking the \u201cDetroit vs. Everybody\u201d mentality.<\/p>\n
For the Pistons to have a shot of pulling the upset, the No. 6 seed will have to slow down Towns after he feasted against them in the regular season.<\/p>\n
Towns averaged 24 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and 0.5 blocks per game across three contests.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not worried about KAT. I don\u2019t think about KAT\u2026 he is the LEAST of my worries.\u201d \u2013 Malik Beasley on New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns pic.twitter.com\/yEShahR0mw\u2014 Woodward Sports Network (@woodwardsports) April 17, 2025<\/p>\n
In Detroit\u2019s 115-106 win over the Knicks on April 10, Towns tallied 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\n
Beasley, who signed with the Pistons in the offseason, said his remarks with a smile, so it\u2019s certainly possible he\u2019s just being playful before facing a past teammate or there could be bad blood.<\/p>\n
The two played alongside one another in Minnesota for three seasons spanning 2019-22.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Beasley has enjoyed a career renaissance in The Motor City, averaging 16.3 points per game, the third-most of his career and his highest mark since the 2020-21 season with Minnesota.<\/p>\n
He averaged 15.8 points and shot 55.6 percent from deep in four games against the Knicks this season, although he had quiet 10-point performance in the final regular-season showdown.<\/p>\n
If the Knicks can slow down Beasley, it will place an even heavier burden on superstar Cade Cunningham to carry the load against a stronger Knicks lineup.<\/p>\n
Beasley believes teams are weary of these feisty Pistons now that they\u2019ve emerged as a threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t see (teams) testing us,\u201d Beasley said when asked if teams are testing the Pistons more as their reputation has grown, \u201cI think they\u2019re scared.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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