{"id":59665,"date":"2025-10-23T23:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kat-plays-with-injury-knicks-beat-cavaliers-in-nba-opener\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T23:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:20:03","slug":"kat-plays-with-injury-knicks-beat-cavaliers-in-nba-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/kat-plays-with-injury-knicks-beat-cavaliers-in-nba-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"KAT Plays with Injury: Knicks Beat Cavaliers in NBA Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karl-Anthony Towns Plays Through Injury in Knicks Victory<\/h2>\n\nKnicks center Karl-Anthony Towns revealed he is dealing with a Grade 2 quadriceps strain. This injury raised uncertainty about his participation in the season opener against the Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden.\n\nShortly before the start of the game, Towns was declared fit to play. He managed to score 19 points and grab 12 rebounds in 31 minutes, in a matchup between two of the favorites in the Eastern Conference.\n\nThe decision for Towns to play was made after he was initially listed as doubtful on the Knicks’ injury report. His status was later upgraded to questionable.\n\n\n

I’ve been having problems, and I really haven’t had the opportunity to practice or play in the last two preseason games. I didn’t want to disappoint the fans. It’s not something easy to handle, [but] we made it possible tonight.<\/p>Karl-Anthony Towns<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWhen asked if he felt pain during the game, Towns replied: “It definitely hurt.” He did not reveal whether this would affect his availability for Friday’s game against the Celtics.\n\nIn several plays, Towns used his physique to overcome the Cavaliers’ center, Evan Mobley. He didn’t stray too far from the 3-point line, with only four attempts. The Knicks have emphasized playing faster, but Towns showed that he can still play with strength at times.\n\nA Donovan Mitchell (31 points) streak gave the Cavaliers a brief lead in the last quarter, but the Knicks quickly stifled it with a 14-0 run, taking a 101-89 lead with 8:45 minutes left. All the damage was done with the top scorer and Clutch Player of the Year, Jalen Brunson, on the bench for his usual rest.\n\nTowns overcame early foul trouble to have a productive night for the Knicks, who were already without two regular players: center Mitchell Robinson (load management) and forward Josh Hart (back). Being without a third rotation player would have led coach Mike Brown to dig deep into his bench during his first game as Knicks coach.\n\nTowns’ uncertain situation added intrigue to a game that already had a lot, including Brown experiencing for the high expectations that await him for the first time.\n\nBrown used 11 players in the inaugural match, a somewhat new development compared to the previous regime, and the Knicks maintained comfortable leads for much of the night.\n\n\n

This team is a deep team. I give a lot of credit to Leon Rose and his group. It’s my job to keep finding combinations that work. I also have a lot of room to grow.<\/p>Mike Brown<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAdded: “I can learn on the go because we have a lot of players who can play. I don’t know if I’ll play with 11 players every night, but we like to play with as many as we can.”\n\nIt wasn’t Brown’s first time at Madison Square Garden, but the energy was different for this season opener. He said Spike Lee greeted him before the game and that he was surprised Lee knew who he was.\n\nBrown was asked if he took a moment to feel the expectations of the outside world, and he pointed out that internal ones are just as important.\n\n\n

Our expectations are extremely high. Whether we win or lose, it’s a game. We don’t feel we’re even close to what we’re capable of, and that’s what makes it exciting.<\/p>Mike Brown<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karl-Anthony Towns Plays Through Injury in Knicks Victory Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns revealed he is dealing with a Grade 2 quadriceps strain. This injury raised uncertainty about his participation in the season opener against the Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden. Shortly before the start of the game, Towns was declared fit to play. He managed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[3522,242,103,3622],"class_list":{"0":"post-59665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nba","7":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","8":"tag-knicks","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-quad-strain"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}