Towns put up fantastic numbers in his first season with the Knicks, averaging 24.4 points and 12.8 rebounds to go with 52.6% shooting from the field and 42% shooting from three. In the Knicks' first-round series against the Pistons, Towns averaged 19.7 points and 10 rebounds a game while shooting 48.9% from the field and 48% from three.

They came out of 2015 draft class each with a similar skill set and now face each other in an Eastern Conference semi.

The Knicks were lucky to survive that performance from Karl-Anthony Towns. Performance might be putting it lightly. No-show is probably better. Towns struggled through a nightmarish Game 6 against the Pistons, which the Knicks won 116-113 to clinch the series.