Eyes downcast as he walked off the floor following the Minnesota Timberwolves' gut-wrenching 106-104 loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday, Karl-Anthony Towns must have been wondering if he had a third option.
He'd already said everything a superstar is supposed to say.
"These losses fall on my shoulders," he told reporters after a Monday loss. "This is no one else’s fault—none of the coaching staff, none of my teammates. It’s my fault. I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault but myself, and it’s something that I’ve got to fix."
And after a luminescent 47-point, 18-rebound effort in defeat against the Knicks, he'd done everything a superstar is supposed to do.
"What else is there?" he must have asked the heavens as he shifted his plaintive gaze from the floor to the rafters.
Towns was brilliant from the outset, scoring 22 points in the first quarter on 8-of-8 shooting and steadily piling up highlights throughout. He was energized, driven to back up his words with deeds on both ends.
His production was historic, as Tommy Beer ...
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