Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points and Jalen Brunson added 30, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to give the visiting New York Knicks a 118-116 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points and Jalen Brunson added 30 to spark New York over Detroit 118-116 on Thursday for a 2-1 lead in their NBA playoff series. Brunson added nine assists and seven rebounds while hitting 11-of-13 free throws and Towns had eight rebounds and went 7-of-7 from the free throw line and 4-of-8 from three-point range.