D'Angelo Russell can't help but take shots at the New York Knicks, calls them the 'little brother' to the Brooklyn Nets.

With eight minutes left in an eventual blowout 118-105 loss to the Boston Celtics, Karl-Anthony Towns left the game with an apparent knee injury. He hobbled to the locker room after being helped off the bench, clearly in pain, but checked back into the contest with four minutes left and the game largely out of grasp.

Karl-Anthony Towns is ostensibly excited about Knicks rookie center Ariel Hukporti's contributions and continued development.

It was another strong showing from the Knicks' star big man Karl-Anthony Towns, who had a dominating performance, with 32 points and 18 rebounds in his 43 minutes on the floor, leading the entire game in points and continuing his recent hot hand.

Even with Josh Hart added to the street-clothes crew with a knee injury, they kicked off their final stretch of 28 regular-season games by pulling out a gritty, 113-111, overtime decision.