This was the Karl-Anthony Towns the Knicks have been waiting for this postseason. The one getting deeper post position to receive the ball and taking advantage of it. When he got the ball further out on the floor,

After struggling with a stagnant offense through much of the first two games, the Knicks enjoyed by far their best ball movement of the series in their 118-116 Game 3 win over the Pistons on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena. They turned in their most well-rounded game on offense as a result.

DETROIT — Karl-Anthony Towns was aggressive early and Jalen Brunson was effective late. Towns scored 11 of his 31 points in the first quarter and Brunson had 12 of his 30 in the fourth to help the New York Knicks hold on for a 118-116 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series.