It likely isn’t much of a coincidence that the best regular-season game Towns put up against the Celtics — a 34-point, 14-rebound double-double on April 8 — was the only one of the four matchups between New York and Boston this season that was close.

A glaring issue for the New York Knicks this postseason has been their lack of involvement with All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns. In their Game 6 close-out

In Game 6, the clincher of the series, Bridges was excellent, though. He made 11-of-16 shots for 25 points in that one. After that game, teammate Karl-Anthony Towns was asked about the pressure Bridges has been under, especially with the five-pick price tag looming over him.