Karl-Anthony Towns sits out with knee issue as Jalen Brunson remains in Knicks’ lineup
NY Post
Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson both were listed as questionable for Saturday night’s game against the Pistons, but only one of the Knicks’ two leading scorers remained in the lineup.
Towns, who missed one game earlier this season with a right knee issue, was a late addition to the league’s official injury report earlier in the day and was unavailable due to what the Knicks are terming patellar tendinopathy of his left knee.
Brunson remained in the lineup despite suffering a lower-back contusion and sitting the final 14-plus minutes of Thursday’s win over the Hornets at the Garden following a third-quarter collision.
Towns, the four-time All-Star center who was acquired from the Timberwolves in September, is averaging a team-best 25.2 points, a shade more than Brunson’s 25.1 scoring average.
Towns’ 13.2 rebounds per game also ranked second in the league heading into Saturday’s action, behind only Denver’s three-time MVP Nikola Jokic (13.4).
Towns sat out the team’s Nov. 15 win over the Nets, marking the only game missed by any of the Knicks’ starting five this season.
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