Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns not worried about glaring issue from underwhelming Game 6

Karl-Anthony Towns wasn’t buying into the premise of the question.It was put to him, after Saturday’s Knicks practice, that some might argue he should be taking more shots given his status as a superstar.“I’m about winning, so as long as we’re winning, it’s fine,” Towns said.Implicit in the argument, of course, is that Towns getting more involved would help the Knicks win more games.“All I know,” Towns said, “is as long as we win, we good.”That may be the right attitude after Towns put up an underwhelming 10 points in a Game 6 win over the Pistons, but it’s little secret the Knicks will need more from him against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.It likely isn’t much of a coincidence that the best regular-season game Towns put up against the Celtics — a 34-point, 14-rebound double-double on April 8 — was the only one of the four matchups between New York and Boston this season that was close.In the other three games, all blowouts, Towns wasn’t as much of a factor, with just 45 points combined.Still, there was an awful lot of talk Saturday about how impactful Towns can be when his shot isn’t going.Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series.“When there’s a second or third defender coming in, I don’t want him to try to shoot over three people.

I want him to make a pass,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said of Towns.“If he does that, he’s helping his team.

That’s probably the biggest thing.I thought KAT played a terrific Game 6, if you look at the rebounding and the defensive plays he made at the end of that game.

That was huge for us.Huge.”Indeed, it’s true that Towns’ 15 rebounds in Game 6 led the Knicks and indeed, there are nights the Knicks can win without him as one of their leading scorers.“We can’t let offense or shots falling dictate the way or how hard we play or the things we can control,” ...