Led by Cade Cunningham, the Pistons avoided elimination with a hard-fought Game 5 win at Madison Square Garden

The players the Pistons put together to turn a 14-win team into a playoff squad aren’t ready to split up for the summer. Instead, they’re going back to Detroit together — and maybe back to New York after that.

Cunningham is averaging 28.3 points, 8.6 assists and 6.9 rebounds in eight games against the Knicks this season, including the playoffs and regular season. He has put up 20-plus points in every game and notched 30-plus points three times. At MSG this season, the Pistons standout is averaging 29.8 points, 8.5 assists and 7.5 rebounds in four games.