{"id":443776,"date":"2025-05-26T08:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=443776"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:23:09","slug":"karl-anthony-towns-the-quiet-hero-his-dominant-fourth-quarter-saves-the-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/karl-anthony-towns-the-quiet-hero-his-dominant-fourth-quarter-saves-the-knicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl-Anthony Towns, the Quiet Hero: His Dominant Fourth Quarter Saves the Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the most critical moment of the Knicks\u2019 postseason, with Jalen Brunson sidelined by foul trouble and a 3-0 series hole looming, Karl-Anthony Towns quietly took command. He flipped the narrative and gave New York new life with a masterclass of resilience and skill in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OH MY GOODNESS KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UoBuMVBLly\">pic.twitter.com\/UoBuMVBLly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1926825580667781573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Through three quarters, Towns had scored just four points. His performance was subdued, marred by missed shots and concern over a sore knee. But in the fourth, he erupted \u2014 scoring 20 points, matching the entire Pacers team in the final period, and leading the Knicks to a vital 106-100 victory.<\/p>\n<p>His scoring came in every form: a three-pointer to start the quarter, tough layups, powerful dunks, post moves, and even a deep step-back jumper from 30 feet out that few big men would dare attempt. Beyond the points, it was his presence \u2014 emotionally and physically \u2014 that galvanized a struggling New York team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was one of those games where you need that never-say-die attitude,\u201d Towns said afterward. \u201cI felt like I had to be the one to bring that spark.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 20 fourth-quarter points and silent leadership, Towns led New York to a stunning Game 3 comeback win over Indiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":443775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-443776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Gr2AOGSWAAAznGh.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443776"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=443776"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=443776"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=443776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}