New York's new big man has helped power one of the best offenses in the NBA.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 32 points and 20 rebounds in his return to Minnesota, leading the inspired New York Knicks past the Timberwolves 133-107 on Thursday night. Mikal Bridges scored 29 points for the Knicks, who built a lead as big as 36 points in the third quarter and won for the 12th time in 16 games. Towns was the star, the subject of a loud ovation and a tribute video before the game highlighting his nine seasons with Minnesota after being picked first overall in the 2015 draft.
MINNEAPOLIS — Naz Reid saw it. Anthony Edwards saw it, too. So did the thousands of fans packing the Target Center, their eyes locked on Julius Randle as Karl-Anthony Towns made his highly anticipated return to Minnesota on Thursday. Randle stood in the paint, swarmed by three Knicks defenders. The open man was there — two of them, in fact. Jaden McDaniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker both ...
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9 | SG | |
22 | SG | |
10 | PG | |
0 | SG | |
4 | PG | |
35 | SG | |
14 | C | |
5 | SG | |
55 | PF | |
27 | C | |
7 | SF | |
3 | PF | |
33 | SF | |
8 | SF | |
1 | PG | |
30 | PF | |
11 | C | |
00 | SG |