OG Anunoby, Karl-Anthony Towns were ‘monsters’ on the glass for Knicks in Game 5
One of the biggest factors in the Knicks' Game 5 win over the Hawks was their domination on the boards, led by OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns.
There were plenty of factors that went into the Knicks completely outplaying the Hawks from beginning to end in their massive Game 5 win on Tuesday night at MSG. One of the biggest was New York’s domination on the boards. Atlanta was one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the league all season, but the Knicks did a phenomenal job keeping them off the glass.
Leading that charge were Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby . The dynamic duo combined to reel in 24 of the Knicks’ 48 rebounds on the night, which ended up as three more than the Hawks racked up as a team. Of those 24, 14 came on the defensive end.
Atlanta was limited to just six second-chance and four fastbreak points. “KAT and OG were monsters,” Mike Brown said. “The two of them, they were phenomenal -- it was huge for us to be able to keep them off the glass and out of transition.
” This continues what’s been a phenomenal series for both of them. Towns took just seven shots on the night, but he was huge early, chipping in 16 more points and finishing just four assists shy of his second consecutive triple-double. “I’m always just thinking about impacting winning,” the big man said.