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Karl-Anthony Towns practiced Tuesday after leaving Sunday\u2019s game briefly against Boston and said he would see how his knee felt Wednesday before determining whether he\u2019d play against the 76ers at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n
Towns was listed as questionable on the injury report, while Josh Hart also practiced Tuesday and Tom Thibodeau expected him to be good for Wednesday\u2019s game after missing two straight with a knee injury before returning Sunday.<\/p>\n
Towns is averaging 24.8 points and a career-best 13.5 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n
Asked if he believed he was having the best season of his career, Towns said: \u201cI don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know. I feel like I\u2019ve had some really, really great seasons. I think the only constant in all that is I continue to put the work in, regardless of what people thought or not. I\u2019ll let the fans decide that.\u201d<\/p>\n
As long as he stays healthy, the Knicks should be in good shape \u2014 though they haven\u2019t been against three of the top teams in the league, as the Knicks are winless in seven games versus Boston, Cleveland and Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand we have certain expectations on us and we want to fulfill those and also exceed them,\u2019\u2019 Towns said. \u201cThose teams, we haven\u2019t played the best against this year and we haven\u2019t come out on top. But we stay confident in this locker room, continue to move forward, continue to find ourselves getting better every single day. We\u2019re hoping we can be the best version of ourselves and this team when it\u2019s playoff time and the time is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
After falling flat versus Boston and Cleveland in their past two games, the Knicks will take on perhaps the league\u2019s most disappointing team, the 76ers, Wednesday at MSG.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a rematch of their first-round matchup a year ago, won by the Knicks in six games.<\/p>\n
Now, the Sixers have lost eight straight and are outside playoff contention.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll be without Joel Embiid again Wednesday, as the star center was ruled out with injury management. <\/p>\n
He\u2019s appeared in just 19 games this season after playing in only 39 during last year\u2019s regular season.<\/p>\n
Cameron Payne was on last year\u2019s Philadelphia team and appeared in five games in the playoff series versus the Knicks.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old has become a key contributor for the Knicks this year following his lone season with the 76ers.<\/p>\n
Payne said he\u2019s surprised by how much his former team has dropped off.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause on paper, I know what a great team they have,\u2019\u2019 Payne said. \u201cThey just need to get healthy. I was there. I know what they\u2019re about. They\u2019re a good team. Even with people being out, you have to watch them. We have to prepare for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the series between the two teams \u201ccomes up all the time\u201d now that Payne is a Knick.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m on the Knicks side now,\u2019\u2019 Payne said. \u201cThey remember it. They don\u2019t let it go. \u2026 It\u2019s cool man. I love it here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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