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CHICAGO — Karl-Anthony Towns was hurt toward the end of Saturday’s loss to the Bulls and limped to the locker room.
But the center felt good enough to go through an exhaustive postgame weightlifting session and seemed to avoid anything serious as tests weren’t deemed necessary.
“I’m sweating,” he said when asked how he’s feeling. “I’m exhausted.”
Towns fell to the court after converting an and-1 with about 96 seconds remaining in the Knicks’ 139-126 loss.
He was sandwiched between Bulls defenders Coby White and Nikola Vucevic on the play, then subbed out immediately after the free throw gave him a game-high 44 points.
Towns declined to reveal the source of the pain — “it’s somewhere” — or his level of optimism for playing Monday against the Magic — “I take every day as day-by-day regardless” — but he explained the play in entertaining detail.
“I got hit,” he said. “I was going to go for a dunk. Saw [White] was probably not going to give it to me, and then I switched hands, tried to do my best Michael Jordan impression.
“It hurt. Really all I saw was an and-1 that was too late to help us win. Honest to God, I didn’t even know I made it.”
The injury occurred with the Knicks trailing by 15 and defeat assured.
Towns missed a game earlier in the season with a knee contusion.
This injury looks like something similar.
As Jalen Brunson recalled, his “Welcome to the NBA” moment occurred in his first home game as a Mavericks rookie against the Timberwolves.
His opponent, Derrick Rose, “continued to kill me” with plays being called by, coincidentally, former T-Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau.
Years later, Brunson and Rose were teammates on the Knicks and both embraced a mentor-student relationship.
So it was special for Brunson to be a part of Saturday night’s celebration of Rose’s career in Chicago.
“I can’t put it into words. I’m so thankful to have him as a role model, as a mentor,” Brunson said. “That’s my man and I love him to death.”
The Bulls strategically scheduled their Rose night for the Knicks matchup given his connection to the franchise.
The Bulls also announced Saturday they are retiring his No. 1 jersey next season, meaning it’ll hang alongside Michael Jordan’s, Scottie Pippen’s, Jerry Sloan’s and Bob Love’s.
