After struggling with a stagnant offense through much of the first two games, the Knicks enjoyed by far their best ball movement of the series in their 118-116 Game 3 win over the Pistons on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena. They turned in their most well-rounded game on offense as a result.

This was the Karl-Anthony Towns the Knicks have been waiting for this postseason. The one getting deeper post position to receive the ball and taking advantage of it. When he got the ball further out on the floor,

It’s clear the answer is him. Brunson ranks third in playoff touches per game behind Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Detroit’s Cade Cunningham, but he ranks No. 1 in average time of possession (10.1 minutes, ahead of James Harden), average seconds per touch (six seconds) and average dribbles per touch (5.92).