The New York Knicks finished the NBA regular season 51-31 and are hoping to advance past the second round of the playoffs for the first time since the 1990-00 season. They’re two games into their first-round series against the Detroit Pistons. After taking Game 1 with a 123-112 win, they fell short in Game 2, losing 100-94.

This New York Knicks' season was not supposed to go this way. When you trade away a total of six first-rounders for the combination of Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns after finishing second in the Eastern Conference in the year prior, your sights are set on a Larry O’Brien trophy. Well, at least they were set on that.

The squad is going to have to lean on the heroics and star power of Jalen Brunson. The superstar guard is not just going to be relied upon to score the ball, but also to set up his teammates to score and put together a better offensive performance in Game 3.