New York Knicks vs Detroit Pistons

The New York Knicks will pursue their series advantage by winning game 2 of their match-up against Detroit Pistons at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

The Pistons understand the decisive power of 2-0 series leads thus they plan to wipe out their inaugural defeat before playing their home court advantage.

New Yorkers believed the Knicks would advance into the postseason despite their three consecutive regular-season defeats against the Pistons.

Tom Thibodeau's squad managed a tough first-round start since they needed to rally with a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback to defeat their Eastern Conference opponents by 123-112 and capitalize on home court benefits.

The Knicks moved ahead with 21 unanswered points that pushed their score to 111-98 during the middle of the fourth quarter ensuring their victory at that point.

As the Knicks faced their first playoff competition in season two with Brunson, the guard led his team with 32.4 points during thirteen postseason matchups last year and successfully continued that momentum by scoring 34 points with eight assists.

Saturday's game firmly eliminated any misconception of an easy matchup for the Knicks against Detroit therefore now the Knicks must bring their full potential to the next meeting to establish command.

The Detroit Pistons suffered consecutive losses as they started the postseason with momentum before losing their third match in row to end their regular season games.

The previous time the Pistons lost four straight games was in October, so there will undoubtedly be some hope for the Detroit-based team going into Tuesday's crucial game.

Malik Beasley will need to perform at his peak again here after draining six three-pointers in the last game, which accounted for 40% of his team's success behind the arc. He continues to give some much-needed offensive spark off the bench.