Karl-Anthony Towns landed awkwardly after a layup attempt in the 4th quarter with Boston up by 12. He limped over to the bench and then sprawled out in pain as trainers looked at him. He went back i nto the locker room shortly after to be further examined.

The Knicks connected on just 43.5 percent of its shots and committed 11 turnovers in Sunday's loss to the Celtics. “The versatility, I think, is terrific,” Thibodeau said.

Sunday's 118-105 decision dropped them to 0-7 against the leading squads of the NBA (Boston, Cleveland, Oklahoma City) and their first instance of consecutive lost games since Jan. 3-6. A tense afternoon became downright horrifying when Karl-Anthony Towns limped to TD Garden's visitors' bench as Boston began its final push forward to victory.