{"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.com\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-se-perdera-el-juego-de-estrellas-de-la-nba-por-lesion-abdominal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">: 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 &#8220;Spencer Jones&#8221;, which caused a visible wound on his face. The incident occurred with &#8220;30.8 seconds left to play in the first period&#8221;.\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&#8217;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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-basketball"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25V8","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}