After the game, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau took some heat for leaving Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart on the bench for nearly all of the final three minutes of the game. The pair subbed out with just under three minutes remaining and weren't able to return until a stoppage with 27 seconds left.

The New York Knicks are one win away from the second round in the 2025 NBA playoffs. The Knicks are up 3-1 against the Detroit Pistons after their come-from-behind 94-93 victory in Sunday's Game 4. Jalen Brunson returned from an ankle injury in the fourth quarter and Karl-Anthony Towns made clutch shots to help New York to a one-point win.

The New York Knicks have failed to close out an NBA playoff series at Madison Square Garden again after falling to the Detroit Pistons 106-103 in Tuesday's Game 5