On October 10, Beijing time, the second preseason game of the New York Knicks, this game was played at home in New York, in other words, it was also the first time that Karl Anthony Towns came to Madison Square Garden to play, and scored 25 points in the whole game with 20 of 7 + 1 of 7 three-pointers + 10 of 11 free throws, which was quite efficient.
The three-way deal of the Knicks, Hornets, and Timberwolves is quite complicated, and it can be summed up as 11 for 2, but only 1 first-round pick + 3 second-round picks among these 11 chips, and the value of this transaction for Towns is really not high. He made his debut against the Hornets and played 15 minutes, scoring 10 points and 4 rebounds on 2-of-7 + 1-of-5 three-pointers, shooting 28.6% from the field and 20% from three-point range.
Towns, the home court of the Knicks, also started his first visit, with a camera recording his entry into the Knicks arena.
But in the first 8 minutes of the first quarter, Towns was 0 of 6, 0 of 2 three-pointers, got 1 point, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and was sprayed with by Knicks fans.
After playing Downs for 14 minutes in the half, 2 of 9, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 7 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, how many points do you give Downs for this performance?
Because Downs' performance in the first half was so poor, the whole team was making the ball for Downs in the third quarter, and in this quarter, Downs only hit 3 of 9 shots, if you count the 8 free throws that made fouls, he shot 12 times, and in a single quarter, he was 4 of 10 + 1 of 4 three-pointers + 7 of 8 free throws and got 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block, and 23 points and 12 rebounds in the third quarter.
Downs played more than 1 minute in the final quarter and scored 2 points and 1 steal before clocking in the second half, with 28 minutes and 09 seconds in the game, 7-of-20, 1-of-7 three-pointers, 10-of-11 free throws, 25 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 5 fouls, shooting 35% from the field and 14.2% from three-point range.
Knicks reporter Stephen Jones wrote: Everyone should pay more attention to Towns' defense, Nicks had to plan to help him with multi-player defense, Downs's previous defensive ability was very low, and the rest of the defensive players in this roster need to help him more.
Text/Yan Xiaobai: NBA Observation