The New York Knicks will open the 2025 NBA postseason with a first-round best-of-seven series against the resurgent Detroit Pistons. New York is aiming to win a first-round series for the third straight year, before potentially meeting the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals if it can advance.

The Pistons are in the postseason for the first time in five years, while the Knicks will test whether their all-in now trades pay off.

It’s 2025, when NBA coaches get creative with who guards whom throughout playoff series. But these two coaches, the Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau and the Pistons’ J.B. Bickerstaff, don’t go out of their way to crossmatch.