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Karl-Anthony Towns Had Sweet Message for Mom After Leading Knicks' Game 3 Comeback

KAT was on fire in the fourth quarter on Sunday.

Brigid Kennedy

New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns on May 25, 2025.
New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns on May 25, 2025. / NBA on TNT / X / Screenshot
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The New York Knicks rallied hard to overtake the Indiana Pacers on the road on Sunday night, punching the gas late in the game to get on the board with their first win of the Eastern Conference finals.

The comeback was fueled by a strong fourth-quarter performance from center Karl Anthony-Towns, who dropped 20 of his 24 total points in the final 12 minutes of the game. As such, he was a prime candidate for a postgame interview on the court, at which point he also sent a sweet message to his mom for Dominican Mother's Day.

"Shoutout to Dominicans, man, on Dominican Mother's Day," Towns said. "Shoutout to my mom."

As Towns mentioned, the Dominican Republic celebrates Mother's Day on the last Sunday in May. And it was an extra special message considering Towns's mom died from complications from COVID-19 in 2020.

Sending him all the love.

In the end, the big man finished with 24 points, 15 rebounds, and one assist.

New York will be looking to replicate Sunday night's success in Game 4, slated for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

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Brigid Kennedy
BRIGID KENNEDY

Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.

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