Detroit Piston's score: New York Knicks reacts to Take Game 3 and Series Lead, 118-116

Detroit Piston's fans waited six years for an NBA home playoff game.

The Little Caesars Arena offered an electrical, juicing atmosphere on Thursday evening, but the New York Knicks answered the first round with their best game of this NBA playoff series.

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Karl-Anthony Towns goss 31 points and Jalen Brunson scored 30 to push the Knicks past the Pistons 118-116 in a wild game 3 in Detroit. The Knicks lead the best-of-Seven series 2-1.

On Sunday in Detroit (1 p.m., ABC) there are two days before game 4.

The pistons had a last chance of 0.5 seconds ahead, but turned around the ball when Jalen Duren tried to collect the ball near the Pistons bank for Cade Cunningham on the half court, but rushed it over.

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Cade Cunningham was limited to 24 points for 9-against-25 shooting with 11 templates. Tim Hardaway Jr. Goss in 24 points, 18 in the first half.

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The turning point came when Cunningham OG Anunoby loved the cities with a rotary movement and the pistons within 108-105 with about 90 seconds, but the cities hit him on the edge, the ball ran away and Brunson scored a layup on the Fastbreak. Hardaway then missed another open 3 and Brunson scored another 59 seconds to open a lead of 112-105.

This story is updated.

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Matchup: Pistons against New York, game 4 of the playoff series in the first round.

Tipoff: 1 p.m. Sunday; Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

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This article originally appeared in Detroit Free Press: Piston's score: Knicks react to Take Game 3, 118-116