Ausar Thompson, the man charged with Detroit’s most difficult defensive assignment of guarding the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, was far from discouraged after watching the film of Game 1.

The Detroit Pistons were sitting pretty heading into the fourth quarter on Saturday: on the road, up by eight, with an opportunity to steal the first game of their first-round series against the No. 3-seeded New York Knicks.

Ausar Thompson gave a one-word answer. A day after Jalen Brunson erupted for 34 points in his Knicks ’ Game 1 win over the Pistons, Thompson — Detroit’s go-to defender — was asked what are some of the biggest challenges he faces when guarding Brunson.