NEW YORK -- — Landry Shamet scored a season-high 29 points, playing starter's minutes after replacing Mikal Bridges just 6 seconds into the game, and the New York Knicks beat the Brooklyn Nets 113-105 on Sunday.

For much of the season, Cunningham was the favorite to win the Most Improved Player of the Year award until the odds shifted drastically toward Dyson Daniels in early April. Despite going just 1-3, all 10 NBA experts for ESPN picked the Knicks to win the series.

The Pistons won the regular-season series over the Knicks, 3-1, including the final three games, however the 3-seed Knicks are the heavy favorites over the 6-seed Pistons. The playoffs are a different beast and the Knicks have the experience advantage entering Saturday night’s Game 1 in the first round at Madison Square Garden.

According to Yahoo! Sports, the Pistons have restricted purchases for all possible home games of the first round matchup with the New York Knicks (Games 3, 4 and 6) to “those who have a credit card billing address located in Michigan and in certain parts of Ohio, Indiana and Ontario, Canada.”