Karl-Anthony Towns has big night as Knicks squeak out ugly win over Nets
NY Post
Other than Karl-Anthony Towns around the paint and Josh Hart’s big rebound, there wasn’t much impressive about the way the Knicks performed Tuesday.
They were sluggish, the offense inexplicably disappeared for most of the fourth quarter, and they were one Brooklyn shot away from their worst loss of the season.
But, in the end, the Knicks didn’t need style to topple the tanking Nets, and a 99-95 victory was completed on one of those NBA nights when the final buzzer offered the better team a big sigh of relief.
“These are games that are good tests for us to see how truly close this team is,” Towns said. “I’m proud of us.”
Towns finished with 25 points, 16 rebounds and six assists — though notably without a 3-pointer as he managed the injured thumb on his shooting hand.
The Knicks (29-16), winners of two straight after Monday’s win over the Hawks, led comfortably for much of the game but went ice-cold at the start of the fourth quarter, allowing the Nets to take a one-point advantage with 2:35 remaining.
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