Last night, thankfully, mercifully, the Knicks pulled out the series win against the Pistons, surviving a back-and-forth Game 6 in a series that neither team ever held a 20-point lead. For reference, the other seven playoff series had a game end with a 20-point margin (except Rockets-Warriors, but Game 5 was as lopsided as you can get for a 15-point win).
While the outlook for the second round is rather bleak, you shouldn’t take stuff like this for granted. It’s just the third playoff series victory for the Knicks since 2013 and the fourth in almost a quarter-century.