New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns is actually skipping the game this time. Towns declined to engage in Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green's verbal warfare against him and the Knicks as they continued to embark on a Western swing.

While most NBA media and fans have been understandably focused on the Lakers’ blockbuster trade for Luka Dončić, their cross-state rivals have quietly been playing their best basketball of the season.

Draymond Green says that his comments about Karl-Anthony Towns' missing a recent game came from "what he heard" after learning that the New York Knicks center didn't go because of the death of a family friend.