Cade Cunningham has scored 33 points to go with 12 rebounds, as Detroit snapped their NBA-record, a 15-game post-season losing streak, by beating New York 100-94 in Game 2 of their playoff series.

The Pistons, who hadn't even been to the post-season since 2019, recovered after the Knicks erased a 15-point deficit to earn their first playoff victory since Game 4 of the 2008 Eastern Conference finals against Boston.

The Celtics won the final two games of that series and Detroit were then swept in 2009, 2006 and 2019 before dropping Game 1 at Madison Square Garden.

Now they are back in the win column, all tied in the series and will host Game 3 on Thursday night.

Schroder, who wasn't even with the Pistons until a trade in February, nailed the three after the Knicks had used a 16-4 run to tie it at 94 on Josh Hart's dunk. He finished with 20 points off the bench.

Detroit engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history this season, going 44-38 after a 14-win season in 2023-24 that included a 28-game losing streak, longest ever in a single season.

They were then in good shape to win Game 1 with an eight-point lead after three quarters, before the Knicks used a 21-0 run in the fourth to win 123-112. Detroit built another eight-point advantage after three on Monday, and this time made the big plays after another New York rally.

Jalen Brunson scored 37 points for the No.3-seeded Knicks, but Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby were each limited to 10 after both finished with 23 points in the opener.

The Pistons built a 55-49 lead at halftime and then held New York to just one basket in the first seven-plus minutes of the third quarter.

Cunningham and Tobias Harris each had two baskets in an 11-0 run that Paul Reed capped with a bucket that gave Detroit their largest lead at 68-53 with 5:02 remaining in the third.

In the other playoff game on Monday, Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points as the Los Angeles Clippers evened their first-round series against the Nuggets with a 105-102 win in Denver.

Christian Braun was long on a 3 pointer with six seconds left, and Nikola Jokic, who recorded his 19th career playoff triple-double, grabbed the rebound but also missed with one second remaining.

The Clippers, who lost the opening contest in overtime, haven't lost back-to-back games since March, a stretch of 23 games, and they handed coach David Adelman his first loss in five games since replacing Michael Malone in a stunning move on the eve of the playoffs.

Jokic, just the third player to average a triple-double over a season, had 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists and Jamal Murray added 23 points for the Nuggets.

Australia's Ben Simmons had just eight minutes of court time for the Clippers, scoring two points.