Fred Katz

4 days ago | basketball.realgm.com | Fred Katz

New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns appeared to suffer a left hand injury during his team's Game 3 loss to the Boston Celtics. Towns was injured while going for a rebound during the third quarter of Game 3. He was able to stay in the game, but was spotted grabbing and shaking his left hand repeatedly. Some believe that Towns was spotted on the broadcast saying "I broke it" while referring to his hand. Postgame, the Knicks All-Star center deflected questions about his injured left hand.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Fred Katz

BOSTON - Cameron Payne summed up the vibes in four words. The New York Knicks guard sat at his locker following the first of two improbable takedowns in Boston. He leaned forward, elbows on his knees, head up with the exhausted grin of someone who had just emerged victorious from an unexpected brawl. "Thank God for Detroit," he quipped to no one in particular. Payne laughed. Mikal Bridges and Miles "Deuce" McBride, seated on either side of Payne, chuckled along with him.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fred Katz

A 20-point deficit, a lopsided scoring run and a Mikal Bridges steal to ice the victory. Again. That is how Game 2 went down between the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics on Wednesday at TD Garden. It is also near exactly how Game 1 played out, and it resulted in a shocking 2-0 series lead for New York. The Knicks, looking to overcome their second straight 20-point deficit, were down 12 heading into the final frame.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fred Katz |Jared Weiss

BOSTON - Karl-Anthony Towns had never played quite this way. Not during the regular season. Not at the end of his run with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Not even before then, when Tom Thibodeau, who now leads the New York Knicks, was his head coach. Monday evening, more than any other, was the night that Towns switched, jostling off his primary defensive assignments while guarding pick-and-rolls to take on the Boston Celtics' nastiest perimeter threats.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fred Katz

BOSTON - The most unforgiving 3-point-shooting team in history needed just one deep ball to tie a score that once seemed like a surefire blowout. Protecting a narrow lead, a veteran defender chose not to even look at the basketball. He had the offense just where he wanted it. The Boston Celtics ran a play that sent All-Star wing Jaylen Brown swerving from the sideline and tossed basketball's version of a fade route his way.