Among all players in the league, Ausar Thompson slots into the 75th percentile for personal fouls, tallying a colossal 2.3 fouls per game while playing away from home this year.The matchup against New York is a challenging one for shots from the field; when the New York Knicks have the home court advantage, opposing starting SFs have shot for the lowest field goal percentage in the NBA this year (33.3%).The Knicks have played at the 5th-slowest pace-of-play in the NBA this year, which should reduce possessions for the Detroit Pistons.Compared to last year's 58.0% rate, Ausar Thompson's free-throw ability has tailed off this year to 40.9%.As a team, the Pistons have been poor at getting to the charity stripe while playing away from home: 2nd-worst in the league this year with just 18.8 foul shot attempts per game.
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