The New York Knicks had a statement-making night in Detroit, beating the Pistons 118-116 in Game 3 of their first-round series Thursday. Karl-Anthony Towns paced New York with 31 points, a stark difference from his Game 2 performance, where he only scored 10 points. It was a chippy game between the two sides who battled down to the wire.

The NBA playoffs continued Thursday with three Game 3s, with only the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder claiming a 3-0 series lead. All it took was tying the second-biggest comeback in NBA playoff history.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points and Jalen Brunson added 30 to spark New York over Detroit 118-116 on Thursday for a 2-1 lead in their NBA playoff series.

If Memphis would have lost to the Mavs, it would have kept its lottery pick for the 2025 NBA Draft. Now, the Grizzlies lose their pick and have the uphill challenge of battling top-seeded the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs.