Cam Payne loves the big moment. And the Knicks ’ reserve guard came up huge in the biggest of them. Payne scored 11 of his 14 points -- including two huge 3-pointers -- to lift the Knicks to a 123-112 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 1 of their playoff series at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks, on the other hand, have been here before. They have their flaws, but if nothing else, they are ready for this moment as a team that was built, very specifically, for this time of year. New York's brass looked at the Boston blueprint and, with every resource at its disposal, replicated it.

Tobias Harris and the Detroit Pistons seemed to be well on their way to a Game 1 victory on the road at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks. With