Walt Frazier did not like what he was seeing from Karl-Anthony Towns during Tuesday’s game.
Towns and the New York Knicks had an awful loss to the Eastern Conference-worst Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. They fell by an overtime final score of 137-134 in front of their home crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., despite playing a tanking Pacers team with multiple key rotation players out.
One particularly shameful moment came in the overtime period when the Knicks star big man Towns was called for an offensive foul for clipping Indiana’s Aaron Nesmith on a screen attempt. The foul was Towns’ sixth of the game, disqualifying him from the contest.
In response, the Knicks legend Frazier, who was doing color commentary for the game on MSG Network, went in on Towns over the ill-advised play.
“It’s just inexplicable folks, how he does it,” said a dumbfounded Frazier of Towns. “You have five fouls. Why are you trying this? Why?”
Clyde Frazier after KAT fouls out
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“It’s just inexplicable folks…why…how he does it. You have five fouls why are you trying this…why…” pic.twitter.com/zdJNRhP3gK
The Knicks were actually on a hot streak prior to Tuesday’s loss, winning nine of their previous 10 games. But the six-time All-Star Towns has been one of New York’s most frustrating players all throughout the year.
Towns has drawn the ire of Knicks fans due to his inconsistent and sometimes boneheaded play this season. The team reportedly considered moving Towns at the trade deadline, and Towns himself was also recently said to be frustrated in New York.
