In the aftermath of Karl-Anthony Towns' big outing in Game 1 of the New York Knicks' playoff series against the Detroit Pistons, Draymond Green, rather perplexingly, decided to take credit for Towns's performance.

The Pistons were shorthanded in the middle, missing their hard-nosed center Isaiah Stewart, leaving them to find a way to try to keep Karl-Anthony Towns from taking over. But it turned out that the Knicks did it for them.

Towns knows what it takes to make a deep playoff run. And he’s both talented and capable enough of a scorer and play-maker to turn a game with his individual gifts.