NEW YORK -- 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.

Jalen Brunson, who had 30 or more points in the first four games of the series, scored just 16 on 4-for-16 shooting as New York was forced back to Detroit.