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 finished the NBA regular season 51-31 and are hoping to advance past the second round of the playoffs for the first time since the 1990-00 season. They’re two games into their first-round series against the Detroit Pistons. After taking Game 1 with a 123-112 win, they fell short in Game 2, losing 100-94.

The sixth-seeded Detroit Pistons and third-seeded New York Knicks play Game 5 of a best-of-7, first-round series Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.