Following the New York Knicks win towards the Indiana Pacers on Thursday evening, Charles Barkley questioned Karl-Anthony Cities over his foul bother within the playoffs to this point this season.
Knicks battle again in Recreation 5
The Knicks fought again towards the Pacers at Maddison Sq. Backyard in recreation 5 and a cushty win means the collection is headed again to Indiana for recreation 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 ready so as to add 24 factors and 13 rebounds of his personal, the Knicks massive man will likely be dissatisfied 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 rather more underwhelming.
Within the third Cities shot simply two discipline 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 ultimate interval however his capturing failed him with simply two from seven pictures dropping down. Cities ended the sport with 5 fouls to go together with his 24-point haul.
Karl-Anthony Cities scuffling with 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 may need been pissed off with the query, Cities replied with a smile on his face saying: “God solely is aware of.”
“Whenever you acquired 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 flawed,” Cities admitted stay on air. “It hurts my staff. I acquired to do a a lot better job.”
Recreation 5 wasn’t the primary time on this collection that Cities has restricted his personal minutes on the ground resulting from fouls.
Though he has scored effectively all through the collection with a mean of 25.4 factors per recreation, Cities has additionally recorded 5-4-5-3-4 private fouls via the 5 video games.
If New York goes to finish an unbelievable comeback from 3-1 down they may want KAT at his perfect within the ultimate two video games however most significantly, they may want him to remain on the ground for so long as potential.
