When Cade Cunningham took the floor Saturday night for Game 1 of the first-round playoff series between the Knicks and Detroit Pistons he had a lot to overcome. It was the first playoff game of his young career.

This was the Cade Cunningham that had many suggesting he was the best player in the series. See Also new york knicks Jalen Brunson is in a Knicks playoff class of his own The Cunningham that Knicks players got peppered with questions about in the lead-up to the series.

Forced to face New York Knicks defensive stalwart OG Anunoby in his maiden postseason voyage, Cade Cunningham, the franchise face of the Detroit Pistons, sputte