NBA PLAYOFFS Karl-Anthony Towns injury update: Knicks center questionable for Game 5 Portrait of Cydney HendersonCydney Henderson USA TODAY It's do or die for the New York Knicks and the status of one of their stars is in question. Karl-Anthony Towns (left knee contusion) is listed as questionable for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals as the series shifts back to New York with the Knicks trialing the Indiana Pacers 3-1. Towns injured his left knee late in the Knicks' 130-121 Game 4 loss to the Pacers after he bumped knees with Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith with less than two minutes remaining in the game. Towns immediately went down and grabbed his left knee as he writhed in pain.