Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Karl-Anthony Towns provided a reminder of one of comedy’s greatest lessons.
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Towns → provide → lessons
During Jalen Brunson’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue, Towns asked him, “Can you foul out of ‘SNL?’”
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you → ask → SNL
It poked fun at last season’s constant issue of getting into foul trouble.
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It → poke → trouble
“I feel like all jokes,” Towns said after Knicks practice Thursday, “have some truth to [them], right?”
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Towns → feel → them
This joke once again has become a Knicks reality.
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joke → become → ?
Towns got into early foul trouble during the season-opening 106-100 loss to the 76ers on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
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Towns → get → Garden
It limited him to just 23 minutes — and only six in the first half.
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It → limit → half
It was a recurring flaw last season.
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It → recur → ?
Towns, due to foul trouble, only played 23 minutes and had just two points in the Knicks’ championship-clinching win in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
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Towns → play → Finals
Most maddening is that often Towns’ fouls aren’t preventing layups or making an opponent earn it at the line.
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opponent → prevent → line
He is picking up cheap, avoidable ones on the offensive end.
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He → pick → end
Head coach Mike Brown believes he’s too good to be doing that.
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he → believe → that
“This is known because we talk about it, and he got better [last season], to his credit,” Brown said Thursday.
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Brown → know → credit
“He got better as the year went along.
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year → get → ?
This is a new year, new team, new challenges, but I don’t want him to take 10 steps backwards.
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him → want → steps
But if he takes a couple steps backward, and we gotta figure it out, I’m OK with it.
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I → take → it
“And where I’m going with it is, the 3-pointer that he shot with [Tyrese] Maxey closing out to him, he did [commit a foul].
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he → go → foul
He stuck his leg out, trying to [draw a foul].
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He → stick → foul
He’s a good enough player to where he doesn’t need to look for and/or try to draw the foul; just make the basket.
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he → ’ → basket
Some guys say, you’re like, ‘Hey man, try to get fouled here when you’re doing it.’
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you → say → it
No, no, no, KAT, you’re a freaking perennial All-Star.
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you → ’re → ?
So just make the bucket, and if he happens to foul you, then great.”
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he → make → you
Andre Drummond filled in admirably in the first half Tuesday with Towns forced to the bench.
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Towns → fill → bench
But that expanded workload is not ideal for the 33-year-old Drummond, who Brown said looked fatigued in the second half.
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Brown → expand → half
“Obviously, I never want to put my team in that kind of position,” Towns said.
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Towns → want → position
“So I have to do a better job, not only in the regular season but in the postseason, to make sure I’m available for my team.”
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I → have → team
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