An All-Defensive wing has eyes in the back of his head. An All-Star can still score like one. And a sixth man doesn't look like himself.

The New York Knicks left no doubt about their plan for Game 3 in the opening minutes against the Detroit Pistons. Karl-Anthony Towns took his team's first shot, made his first of four 3-pointers and scored five points in the opening minutes to start an 11-point quarter — more than he had in all of Game 2.

Brunson, who has taken 27 shots in each outing so far, leads the 2024-25 playoffs in scoring ( 35.5 PPG) and field goal attempts through two games. That’s impressive for a guy who made just four appearances for New York over the final month of the regular season because of an ankle sprain he sustained on March 6 against the Lakers.