The New York Knicks made the conference finals this year for the first time since 2000. Yes, they lost to the Indiana Pacers in six games, but it was still a terrific season for the Knicks. New York beat the Detroit Pistons and the defending champion Boston Celtics to make the conference finals.

Towns then limps off the floor to the locker room, limps from the locker room to the podium, then walks gingerly out of the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, his status questionable for a win-or-go-home Game 5 back at Madison Square Garden with his team facing a 3-1 series deficit.