For the game, All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns remains on the 1:30 Eastern time listed as questionable. Towns is averaging 26.5 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest while shooting 53.6% from the field and 50.

The injury stemmed from a collision between Karl-Anthony Towns and Chicago Bulls star Zack LaVine late in the Knicks’ loss on Wednesday.

For all the talk surrounding the Cleveland Cavaliers (13-0) — point forward Evan Mobley, Darius Garland’s and Donovan Mitchell ’s binge scoring, Jarrett Allen ’s relentless mission to contest every shot at the rim — a lot of smaller narratives are playing out, too.

There are a lot of things that go into the promise of what Karl-Anthony Towns can be for the Knicks. Some of them are obvious.

The New York Knicks fell to the Chicago Bulls at home on Wednesday night by final score of 124-123. Star center Karl-Anthony Towns lead all scorers with 46 poin

The Knicks have relied on rim protection under coach Tom Thibodeau and the drop from what Mitchell Robinson and Isaiah Hartenstein provided has been drastic. But the Knicks believe that some of that is just bringing the new group together with Towns and Mikal Bridges newcomers on the roster.

Karl-Anthony Towns has settled in nicely as a member of the New York Knicks after being acquired in a late offseason trade, but his defense has been