There will come a time, years from now, when Jalen Brunson will be paunchier, and grayer, and he’ll be given the best seat in the house at Madison Square Garden on big playoff nights. Patrick Ewing has one of those seats now.

After the New York Knicks failed to put away the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series at Madison Square Garden, it seemed the series was destined to go to a seventh game. Back home in Michigan,

DETROIT — Jalen Brunson has added to his playoff heroics.