Isaiah Stewart wasn’t the only player dealing with a setback throughout the Game 1 matchup between the New York Knicks and the Detroit Pistons. As the game went

A question to even be in the postseason rotation, he scored 11 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, which helped spark the Knicks’ empathic 21-0 run. His energy was infectious with his teammates as well.

Ausar Thompson, the man charged with Detroit’s most difficult defensive assignment of guarding the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, was far from discouraged after watching the film of Game 1.