The No. 3 seed New York Knicks hold a 3-1 series lead over the No. 6 seed Detroit Pistons heading into Tuesday night's Game 5 matchup at Madison Square Garden. After splitting the first two games of the series in New York,

The New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 118–116 to take a 2–1 series lead on Thursday night. The ending of the game was downright weird.

Tom Thibodeau had some misguided anger following the New York Knicks’ 100-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA playoffs on Monday night. Thibodeau criticized the officiating, pointing to the free throw discrepancy in the game.