Despite the sensitive nature of Towns' absence, Lakers fans accused him of continuing a trend pointed out by Luka Doncic on Sunday night — opposing stars making sure to play against LA's historic franchise. "Bro was resting for the Lakers," a fan on X claimed about Towns.

After missing Tuesday night’s loss to the Golden State Warriors due to personal reasons, Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns is not listed on the injury report and will be available Thursday against LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers. The news was first reported by SNY’s Ian Begley.

Jonathan Macri, the Dean of Knicks Film School, reacts to Karl-Anthony Towns returning to the Knicks for New York's big five-game West Coast road trip and breaks down how the Bockers can