The New York Knicks have faced eight-point deficits entering the fourth quarter in each of their first two playoff games against the Detroit Pistons.

Colin Cowherd reacts to the New York Knicks’ Game 2 loss to the Detroit Pistons, questioning if this series is slipping away and what it says about the Knicks’ playoff ceiling.

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.

The fact of the matter is this: the 2023-24 New York Knicks were better than this year’s iteration of the team, a group that may have bigger names but feels like a square peg in

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.

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson won the Jerry West Trophy as the 2024-25 NBA Clutch Player of the Year on Wednesday.

The Knicks were 19-12 in clutch games this season, the fifth-highest winning percentage in the league. Jalen Brunson was the reason for that (the team was 17-11 in the clutch games he played). Brunson averaged an NBA-best 5.