Following the New York Knicks win in opposition to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night time, Charles Barkley questioned Karl-Anthony Cities over his foul bother within the playoffs to date this season.
Knicks struggle again in Recreation 5
The Knicks fought again in opposition to the Pacers at Maddison Sq. Backyard in sport 5 and a snug win means the sequence is headed again to Indiana for sport 6, with New York nonetheless 3-2 down.
Jalen Brunson once more shone within the win with 32 factors and though Karl-Anthony Cities was in a position so as to add 24 factors and 13 rebounds of his personal, the Knicks massive man shall be upset together with his efficiency.
The beginning of the sport went easily for Cities, who had 17 factors by the half in a powerful first two quarters. Not for the primary time this season although Cities discovered himself in foul bother and his second half was far more underwhelming.
Within the third Cities shot simply two subject targets, scoring two factors. With three private fouls in simply six minutes the 29-year-old trudged off the ground with a pissed off look on his face but once more.
Regardless of his foul bother, KAT performed 11 minutes within the closing interval however his taking pictures failed him with simply two from seven pictures dropping down. Cities ended the sport with 5 fouls to associate with his 24-point haul.
Karl-Anthony Cities combating fouls
Talking to the TNT crew after the sport, Cities was instantly questioned by the straight speaking Charles Barkley about his wrestle with fouling.
“Why are you getting these dumb fouls?” Barkley requested straight.
Though some gamers might need been pissed off with the query, Cities replied with a smile on his face saying: “God solely is aware of.”
“While you received your fourth foul, they took you out. Indiana made a run,” Barkley continued. “You gotta cease doing that.”
Chuck: “Why do you be getting them dumb fouls?” 😅😂
KAT: “God solely is aware of.” pic.twitter.com/PMF2zq3SJK
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) Might 30, 2025
“You ain’t unsuitable,” Cities admitted stay on air. “It hurts my crew. I received to do a significantly better job.”
Recreation 5 wasn’t the primary time on this sequence that Cities has restricted his personal minutes on the ground resulting from fouls.
Though he has scored nicely all through the sequence with a mean of 25.4 factors per sport, Cities has additionally recorded 5-4-5-3-4 private fouls by the 5 video games.
If New York goes to finish an inconceivable comeback from 3-1 down they are going to want KAT at his highest within the closing two video games however most significantly, they are going to want him to remain on the ground for so long as potential.
