Things weren’t looking good for the Knicks in Game 1.
After a back-and-forth first two quarters, the Pistons came out of the locker room resurged and they began taking things over -- suddenly New York found themselves trailing by eight points heading into the final frame.
Then, everything changed in a hurry.
The Pistons opened the fourth taking a five-second violation and the Knicks were able to build off of the energy from the fired up Madison Square Garden crowd, as Karl-Anthony Towns knocked down back-to-back baskets.
New York ran with the momentum, scoring the next 21 points before Detroit’s Malik Beasley knocked down a three, pushing themselves back in front and reestablishing the double digit advantage in less then five minutes.