Sometimes you need to go big or go home. The New York Knicks were overwhelmed by the Detroit Pistons’ physicality in Game 2 of their first-round matchup, leading to a loss on the glass, in the free-throw column,

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.