As precious seconds ticked away in the fourth quarter Tuesday night, New York star Jalen Brunson was waiting at the scorer's table for a whistle in the Knicks' 106-103 loss to the Detroit Pistons, who stayed alive in this Round 1 series,

More specifically, 22-year-old guard Ausar Thompson and 21-year-old center Jalen Duren did. And their efforts were critical as the Pistons kept their season alive and sent the series back to Detroit for Game 6 on Thursday.

The Detroit Pistons made up for their narrow home loss to the New York Knicks in Game 4 of their Best-of-7 series on Tuesday night with a 106-103 Game 5 win at Madison Square Garden in the Big Apple.