Mike Brown reveals secret to Karl Anthony-Towns’ huge Game 4 vs. Hawks

The New York Knicks delivered a sense of urgency by routing the Atlanta Hawks 114-98 Saturday. New York’s rout featured Karl Anthony-Towns going off on the scoring end with 20 points. But this NBA Playoffs romp also came with Mike Brown needing to free up KAT.

The Knicks head coach toyed with possibly making a lineup change ahead of Game 4. Instead he discovered brand new ways to feed Towns the ball, leading into his first-ever postseason triple double.

With this assist, Karl-Anthony Towns records his first career playoff triple-double

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The Knicks even trusted KAT from long range, a rare skill he possesses.

Karl-Anthony Towns lets it fly from DEEP

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Brown himself acknowledged he’s experimenting with getting Towns more involved, saying afterward “Just trying to find different ways to get KAT the ball.”

"Just trying to find different ways to get KAT the ball"

Mike Brown talks about how the Knicks used Karl-Anthony Towns in their offense tonight: pic.twitter.com/nkz3cOWrV6

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The first-year NYK head coach got Towns’ teammates to deliver more cuts in freeing him up. Towns himself loved the approach.

“Opportunities presented themselves and my teammates made it happen today. They made great cuts,” he told reporters postgame.

Towns especially loved how his Knicks approached this series while down 2-1.

“I thought we did a great job coming out with more tenacity, more desperation I think is the proper word,” Towns said. “We understood the magnitude of this game. To be in enemy territory as well.”

He’s fully aware what’s must happen moving forward as the series shifts back to Madison Square Garden.

“It’s going to take an effort like this every game if we expect to come out with a win against a team that’s hungry and has a lot of athleticism, youth and wants the moment,” Towns said. “We’ve got to exceed the moment.”

Towns also added two steals on the defensive side. OG Anunoby led NYK with 22 points. Jalen Brunson added 19 points, Miles McBride scored 11 points while Josh Hart chipped in 10.

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