King scored 46 points in back-to-back playoff games in 1984. In Game 3 of the Knicks series with the Pistons, he scored 46 points over 40 minutes. He shot 19-for-27 from the field and 8-for-12 from the free-throw line. During the Knicks playoff run that season, King averaged 34.8 points and shot 57.4% from the field over 12 games.

The New York Knicks are on the road on Thursday night as they face off against the Detroit Pistons in Game 3 of their first round series. New York jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the series after their fourth quarter comeback in Game 1 in which they went on an incredible 21-0 run.

Karl-Anthony Towns failed to build off his strong Game 1 performance that included 23 points on 10-for-14 shooting, five assists and zero turnovers. He finished Game 2 with just 10 points and didn’t record a single assist. Even worse: he didn’t score a single point in the game’s second half.