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Just 48 hours ago, the Knicks were demolished by the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons, extending their season-long losing streak to four games.
While most of the Knicks players simply didn’t show up to play in Detroit, a spotlight was focused on Karl-Anthony Towns.
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The Knicks’ big man scored just six points on 1 of 4 shooting with one rebound and one assist. He turned the ball over six times and was a minus-27 on the floor in Monday’s loss. It was a dreadful showing and he looked lost. So much so that he told the NY Post afterward that the reason for his poor performance was adjusting to head coach Mike Brown‘s new system.
Well, what a difference two days make.
The Knicks snapped their losing streak with an impressive 123-111 win over the red-hot Clippers on Wednesday night, and Towns was a huge part of the victory.
With the game still close in the fourth quarter, Towns took over offensively, scoring 10 of his 20 points in the final frame. He also came down with four rebounds to help the Knicks separate themselves from Los Angeles.
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“We needed it,” Jalen Brunson said of Towns’ performance after the game. “Helped us increase our lead and it was big-time play from him. We all have to have each other’s backs. The way he played tonight, it’s what we needed.”
Towns’ comments after Detroit about his performance garnered questions about what was different for him and why he found success against the Clippers.
The big man said that he’s just trying to impact the game in a winning way, and that’s what his goal is.
“I said it last year, I say it this year, any time I touch the ball, I’m trying to be aggressive, whether that’s making a play for myself or my teammates,” Towns said. “I want to impact winning every single day.”
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For Towns in the fourth quarter, he pointed to his increased aggressiveness as the catalyst for his performance.
“I made some shots, didn’t make a lot of them, but I think tonight shows aggression wins,” Towns explained. “Not letting go because some shots aren’t going in, stay very aggressive in any opportunity that I got. At the end of the day, it worked out…
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Publish date : 2026-01-08 04:46:00
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