2025 NBA Playoffs: Pistons-Knicks Game 5 live updates, highlights

It is the closing time for the New York Knicks.

The Knicks have a 3-1 lead and organize the Detroit Pistons in Madison Square Garden on Tuesday for game 5 of the first series of Eastern Conference. A victory gains the series for New York and moves it to the winner of the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic in the conference semi -final.

The Knicks have a 10: 1 record if they have a 3-1 lead, with the only loss in 1997 against Miami Heat. At the other end, the pistons have a 1: 5 series record if they won lonely with 3-1 in the first round in 2003.

The series returns to the Madison Square Garden after the Knicks won both games in Detroit, albeit with controversy.

In one point in game 4, the Pistons Guard Tim Hardaway Jr. missed a 3 pointer from the corner, but received the contact of Knicks Guard Josh Hart. Officials did not refer to a foul, and after the game crew leader David Guthrie said pool reporters that officials had hard a foul. In the previous game, both teams seemed to be upset by two games in the last seconds who either were or were not bunched.

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