Each year, it is a date that he ticks off in his diary. Originally from New Jersey, Karl-Anthony Towns would not miss his annual visit to Madison Square Garden, located a few miles from where he grew up, for anything in the world. Especially since now it’s another way to pay tribute to his mother, who died of Covid in April 2020. She is no longer there to encourage him, but his father, his sister and his relatives were there to perpetuate the tradition. .
“I told my dad that everyone gets to have their moment at Madison Square Garden, and I feel like for me that was tonight.” told inside Wolves. “It’s the greatest moment I’ve had at the Garden. Great crowd, great atmosphere, great energy, and I silenced everyone, and that’s even better. “
While Kemba Walker had just set the room on fire with three 3-point baskets in a row, Karl-Anthony Towns will effectively cool the room by restoring the advantage to Wolves on an And-1. At the start, a drive on his left hand to overtake Julius Randle, and he chooses to shoot right hand with the board. Foul by Julius Randle, and Karl-Anthony Towns puts the throw behind (111-109). The Knicks will not be able to regain control.
A system named “34”
This difficult basket is somewhat the symbol of a meeting marked by 55 faults and 71 free throws! It was very physical and Karl-Anthony Towns got the better of Julius Randle, as he had before Taj Gibson and Mitchell Robinson, both out for six fouls. “It was a Kentucky guy’s crime on another Kentucky guy” sums up Karl-Anthony Towns about his duel with Julius Randle.
And this system has a name: “34”. ” At the time-out, the coach asked to throw “34”, and I really saw us winning. I smiled at everyone ’cause I really felt like I was gonna put this shot. “
Upon arrival, KAT compiles 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Not a great performance, but after a very big first quarter, he didn’t force anything, and he had above all saved the best for last with this basket and the foul.
| Karl Anthony Towns | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | MIN | 82 | 32 | 54.3 | 34.1 | 81.1 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 18.3 |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 82 | 37 | 54.2 | 36.7 | 83.2 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 82 | 36 | 54.5 | 42.1 | 85.8 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 77 | 33 | 51.8 | 40.0 | 83.6 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 24.4 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 35 | 34 | 50.8 | 41.2 | 79.6 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 26.5 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 50 | 34 | 48.6 | 38.7 | 85.9 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 24.8 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 36 | 35 | 52.0 | 41.1 | 81.0 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 24.6 |
| Total | 444 | 34 | 52.7 | 39.6 | 83.3 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 23.1 | |
