Tom Thibodeau Explains Reason Behind Bizarre Decision to Sit Karl-Anthony Towns in 4th Quarter: "We Got in a Hole"

No answer on why Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns was benched much of 4th quarter of ECF Game 2

No one has a clear-cut good answer for why Karl-Anthony Towns was benched. Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau said postgame he was “searching for a way to win” while attempting a late comeback. Perhaps the head coach just favored Mitchell Robinson, who nearly wrecked Friday’s Game 2 with his usual relentless rebounding. And NBA gamblers online argued that Towns, who had 20 points entering the fourth, was kept out in a scheme to deter the star from …

Tom Thibodeau explains reason behind bizarre decision to sit Karl-Anthony Towns in 4th quarter: "We got in a hole"

On Friday, New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau explained the bizarre decision to bench Karl-Anthony Towns in the fourth quarter of Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers.

Shaq blasts Karl-Anthony Towns for shot selection: 'We'd be fighting in the locker room'

As one of the most dominant centers on the low block in the history of basketball, Shaquille O’Neal predictably prefers to see other centers around the NBA play in the paint. So when New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns opted to take some questionable three-pointers during Game 3 against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, the always-critical Inside the NBA voice made sure to let him hear about it. Given the fact that the Knicks came into the gam…

The New York Knicks are in a complicated position. After falling 0-2 in the East Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers, the pressure is high. However, Karl-Anthony Towns refuses to let the doubt take over the team. After the defeat in Game 2, the star pivot left an optimistic message to NBA reporters. “What did I tell you about the word history? I’m not here to repeat it, we’re here to do it,” Towns declared with conviction. (Keep reading...) …

Weighing the pros and cons of lineup changes for desperate Knicks

INDIANAPOLIS — This is hardly a shocker with Karl-Anthony Towns. We knew he was a poor defender. He was such a poor paint protector that the Timberwolves spent four first-round picks and a pick swap to acquire another player — Rudy Gobert — to take on the

Tom Thibodeau Gets Honest About Benching Karl-Anthony Towns In 4th Quarter

(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)   Karl-Anthony Towns is one of the biggest and most important players for the New York Knicks, so fans were shocked when they saw him on the bench so much during the fourth quarter of Friday night’s Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers. After the game, head coach Tom Thibodeau spoke with The Athletic about his choice to sit Towns for a seven-minute stretch during the fourth, saying that his team was simply searching for…