Karl-Anthony Towns comfortable and is playing best basketball of season for Knicks
NY Post
Karl-Anthony Towns has not been shy about letting it be known that he believes he is sacrificing for the team.
Earlier in the season, Knicks coach Mike Brown said that Towns — who got off to a slow start, at least in terms of his efficiency — had the biggest adjustment in the offensive system.
Then about midway through the season, Brown acknowledged that he made some changes to get Towns going.
Towns finally looks comfortable and is playing his best basketball of the season. In 14 games since the All-Star break, he is averaging 20.9 points per game on 58.9 percent shooting from the field and 43.1 percent shooting from 3-point range.
In the 51 games before the break, Towns averaged 19.8 points per game, but on a much worse 46.6 percent shooting from the field and 35.1 percent shooting from deep.
“I just wanna be in the spots I’m supposed to be and impact winning,” Towns said after Tuesday’s win over the Pacers. “I’ve been asked to take a different role this year and I’m glad I’m impacting winning and maximizing being the star of my role. Just doing whatever our team needs so that we can be the best version of ourselves, especially right now, we’re getting late in the season where we need to build better standards.”
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