Karl-Anthony Towns has simple hope to fix his stunning fourth-quarter futility in NBA Finals

The number is somewhat stunning, considering how well Karl-Anthony Towns has performed up until recently in the NBA Finals.He has logged 30 minutes across the fourth quarter of the three games of the series, and the Knicks center hasn’t scored a point.Not a single field goal or free throw.He has only taken six shots and tallied one assist.“It’s extremely important that he’s getting touches, that he’s involved, not just in the fourth quarter, but obviously throughout the ballgame,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said Tuesday.

“I got to continue trying to do a better job of getting him involved throughout the course of the game, as well as late.”Lately, Towns hasn’t been involved much, taking just 11 shots over the past five quarters.In that span, the Knicks have been outscored by 12 points.When asked about his fourth-quarter donuts, Towns mostly sidestepped the question.“We have a game plan, and we want to execute it,” he said.

“So just trying to execute our game plan, especially when we get in the fourth, is vital, and just doing what I can to execute it at the highest level.”Towns’ emergence has been a major storyline of the postseason for the Knicks, ever since Brown tweaked the offense to run more through Towns midway through the first round against the Hawks.The Knicks are 12-1 in the playoffs when Towns has four or more assists.

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Bonkers feels like the only appropriate word to describe this season.In Game 3, he had only one assist.

An involved Towns typically mea...