A troubling trend for the Knicks in the playoffs has surfaced, with Karl-Anthony Towns scoring 14 points in the third quarter of the Game 2 against the Atlanta Hawks, but failing to capitalize on this momentum as the Knicks lost 107-106 series-evening loss. Towns, a six-time All-Star who has six 24-plus-point seasons on his resume, averaged just 20 points a game this season under new head coach Mike Brown, 4.3 fewer points than he posted last season under Tom Thibodeau. The Knicks' inability to involve Towns, their highest-paid player and scoring center, in the offensive flow of the game is seen as a key issue for the team's championship aspirations.