“When Karl Anthony-Towns is on the court against any of the top-10 offenses in the league this season, the Knicks’ defensive rating is 127,” Tim Bontemps said. “The worst defensive rating in the league is 118. So to say that is bad is an understatement.”

With eight minutes left in an eventual blowout 118-105 loss to the Boston Celtics, Karl-Anthony Towns left the game with an apparent knee injury. He hobbled to the locker room after being helped off the bench, clearly in pain, but checked back into the contest with four minutes left and the game largely out of grasp.

The New York Knicks front office transformed the team's offense in a way fans didn't think would ever be possible under Tom Thibodeau with the Karl-Anthony Towns trade. The spacing he gives the shooters around him helped propel the Knicks to having one of the best offenses in the league.