Knicks avoid collapse to top Timberwolves - New York Post

Fans finally will return to the Garden in limited numbers beginning Tuesday, two nights after the Knicks barely avoided a catastrophic loss against the league’s worst team in their final game in front of an empty arena.

The Knicks flushed a 21-point second-half lead, but they ultimately gave Tom Thibodeau the gift of a victory in his first game against the Timberwolves since he was fired by Minnesota in 2019, eking out a 103-99 win Sunday to open a four-game homestand.

“They made up ground quickly on us, but I do like the fact that we kept fighting and we found a way to win the game.

Whatever we have to do down the stretch to win the game, that’s what we want to focus in on.”.

In his final contest before All-Star reserves are named Tuesday, Julius Randle finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds as the Knicks improved to 15-16 ahead of their game that night against Golden State.

The Jersey-bred Towns was playing his seventh game after missing four weeks following a positive COVID test in January.

The Knicks had three days off since Wednesday’s ugly loss in Orlando because of Saturday’s postponement against San Antonio after multiple Spurs tested positive for COVID-19

Taj Gibson, in the game for fouled-out starter Nerlens Noel, also made a key stop against Towns in the final minute to close out the nail-biter for Thibodeau

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