Cade Cunningham had 24 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and the Detroit Pistons stayed alive in their first postseason appearance since 2019 by beating the New York Knicks 106-103 on Tuesday night in Game 5 of their first-round series.

Tom Thibodeau was an assistant coach on the Knicks staff, much younger with slightly more hair, the last time the Knicks were able to celebrate a postseason series victory at Madison Square Garden. There weren’t many opportunities through a dismal two decades for the franchise after that,