{"id":499418,"date":"2026-02-05T12:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/towns-suffers-cut-above-right-eye-in-dramatic-knicks-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:12:24","slug":"towns-suffers-cut-above-right-eye-in-dramatic-knicks-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/basketball\/towns-suffers-cut-above-right-eye-in-dramatic-knicks-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Towns suffers cut above right eye in dramatic Knicks victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>New York.\u2013<\/strong> Dominican center <strong>Karl-Anthony Towns<\/strong> suffered a <strong>cut above his right eye<\/strong> after receiving a hard blow during the first quarter of the game in which the <strong>New York Knicks defeated the Denver Nuggets 134-127 in double overtime<\/strong>, on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-se-perdera-el-juego-de-estrellas-de-la-nba-por-lesion-abdominal\/\">: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will miss the NBA All-Star Game due to abdominal injury<\/a>l<\/p>\n\n\nThe action occurred when Towns was heading towards the basket and collided heads with \"Spencer Jones\", which caused a visible wound on his face. The incident occurred with \"30.8 seconds left to play in the first period\".\n\nTowns received medical attention on the court, was bandaged and, with his white jersey stained with blood, executed the corresponding free throws before retiring directly to the locker room for a more in-depth evaluation.\n\nDespite the impact and the moment of tension, the Dominican returned to action and finished the game with <strong>24 points and 12 rebounds in 31 minutes<\/strong>, being a key piece in New York's victory in a game of high physical demand.\n\nThe duel extended to two overtime periods, with <strong>Jalen Brunson<\/strong> as the offensive figure by scoring <strong>42 points and dishing out nine assists<\/strong>, leading the Knicks in the decisive moments. OG Anunoby added 20 points and Landry Shamet contributed 16 from the bench.\n\nBy Denver, <strong>Nikola Jokic<\/strong> recorded a triple-double of 30 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, while <strong>Jamal Murray<\/strong> scored 39 units, keeping the game close until the end.\n\nSo far, the Knicks have not reported any major consequences resulting from the cut suffered by Towns.\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York.\u2013 Dominican center Karl-Anthony Towns suffered a cut above his right eye after receiving a hard blow during the first quarter of the game in which the New York Knicks defeated the Denver Nuggets 134-127 in double overtime, on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. You may be interested in: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-499418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-basketball"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}