After resurrecting themselves from a franchise-worst 14-win season in 2023-24, the Pistons improved their win total by 30 and made the playoffs for the first time since 2019. They were betting underdogs as the No. 6 seed playing against the No. 3 seed Knicks, and those odds played out as they dropped the series, 4-2.

Despite finding themselves on the wrong end of a controversial call that decided Game 4, the Detroit Pistons flushed the thought of being slighted away and placed all of their focus on simply keeping their season alive in Game 5 on the road against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

The Detroit Pistons will play their biggest home game since 2008 when they host the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the first round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. Detroit has not won a home playoff game or a postseason series in 17 years.