The No. 3 seed New York Knicks hold a 3-1 series lead over the No. 6 seed Detroit Pistons heading into Tuesday night's Game 5 matchup at Madison Square Garden. After splitting the first two games of the series in New York,

The New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 118–116 to take a 2–1 series lead on Thursday night. The ending of the game was downright weird.

The New York Knicks held off the Detroit Pistons, who nearly stole a win late in Game 3, to secure a 118-116 victory. The Knicks are now up 2-1 in the first-round series entering Game 4. And teams that go up 2-1 have won their series in 80.