Towns Achieves Historical Milestone with Knicks, Despite Late Mistake
Karl-Anthony Towns has joined the ranks of Knicks legends after a remarkable game against the Hawks, contributing 44 points, though nearly costing the game with a crucial error.
Karl-Anthony Towns continued his sensational debut season in New York with 44 points in the Knicks’ 149-148 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, but he nearly threw the game away at the end of regulation with a crucial inbound pass in the waning seconds.
After Atlanta’s Georges Niang made a 3-pointer to cut New York’s lead to three with 9.2 seconds remaining, Towns, who could’ve just called a timeout, decided to float a cupcake pass intended for Mikal Bridges.
Bridges was trying to seal Dyson Daniels, the league’s top thief with three steals per game. Daniels stole the ball and immediately went up for a layup. He missed but was fouled; he made the first and missed the second.
The Hawks scrambled for the rebound, and Josh Hart ended up fouling Trae Young 40 feet from the basket. Young made both free throws and suddenly the Knicks went from a certain victory to overtime.
HAWKS SCORED 6 POINTS IN 7 SECONDS TO FORCE OT VS. KNICKS 🤯
WOW. pic.twitter.com/iS3LrkPdh7 — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 13, 2025
Nevertheless, all’s well that ends well as the Knicks recovered and pulled out a one-point victory in overtime.
With the win, the Knicks improved to 36-18, their best record at this point in the season this century.
