Before Game 2 of the Detroit Pistons' first-round series against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Monday, coach J.B. Bickerstaff offered his perspective on teaching his young team about playoff basketball: You can tell players how it's different from the regular season but they still have to feel it for themselves.

Cade Cunningham led Detroit to a 100-94 win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Monday, tying the series at one win apiece and ending a 15-game playoff losing skid. In the second playoff game of his career, Cunningham dropped 33 points and 12 boards.

And now coach Tom Thibodeau has opted for Anunoby’s length and strength to match up with Cunningham through the first two games of the series. It worked in Game 1, but Anunoby’s lack of quickness, particularly on the perimeter, was exposed Monday night.