It's Detroit Pistons and Knicks at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of NBA playoff series. Follow along for live score updates, highlights, TV channel.

The first round of the NBA playoffs tips off on Saturday, with the No. 3 seed New York Knicks hosting the sixth-seeded Detroit Pistons as part of the jam-packed schedule. The Knicks qualified for the postseason for the third straight year after going 51-31 under Tom Thibodeau,

Jalen Brunson scored 34 points, Cam Payne had 11 of his 14 in the fourth quarter and the New York Knicks stunned the Detroit Pistons with a 21-0 run in the final period to rally for a 123-112 victory on Saturday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.