Donte DiVincenzo is aware of March.
The New York Knicks guard received two NCAA championships and a Last 4 MOP with Villanova. On Monday, he made Knicks historical past.
DiVincenzo torched the Detroit Pistons for 40 factors in a 124-99 win. He hit 11 3-pointers within the course of, breaking the Knicks’ all-time document for a single sport. He did it in entrance of an appreciative Madison Sq. Backyard crowd.
DiVincenzo was sitting on 10 3-pointers late within the fourth quarter with the Knicks main 115-89. The tally had him in a three-way tie with J.R. Smith — who reached the mark in 2014 — and Evan Fournier, who matched Smith in 2022. With 3:19 remaining within the sport, he pulled up from past the arc on the best wing and claimed the document for his personal.
The house crowd responded with an ovation. Seconds later, head coach Tom Thibodeau subbed him out for a curtain name.
DiVincenzo was certainly one of 5 Knicks to attain in double figures towards the hapless Pistons, who added DiVincenzo’s second to a tally of data they’ve fallen on the mistaken finish of this season, most notably tying the league’s all-time longest shedding streak.
On the evening, he shot 14 of 23 from the sphere and 11 of 20 from lengthy distance. He added 5 rebounds, two assists and two steals because the Knicks improved to 43-28 to stay in fourth place in a good Jap Convention playoff race.
The Pistons fell to a league-worst 12-60.