I would have thought detonation severe enough to do all that would have torn up the pistons. The passenger bank in my old motor have little pits blasted out of them all over the place. But then once some healthy knocking has ruined a bearing it doesn't take anything else to destroy the motor.
1989 240SX Fastback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 300ZX Twin Turbo Warning: Objects in mirror aren't as fast as they thought they were.