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

The lack of shots for a player with Towns’ resume is glaring, but the star center said he isn’t concerned with shot distribution or touches.