Karl-Anthony Towns continued his sensational debut season in New York with 44 points in the Knicks' 149-148 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, but he nearly threw the game away at the end of regulation with a boneheaded inbound pass in the waning seconds.

Somewhere between each end of the spectrum is Karl-Anthony Towns, who has long been considered one of the best offensive talents in the game since his arrival a decade ago. There’s a trophy room full of individual accolades,

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 40 points for the second straight night, the first time in his career the New York Knicks All-Star has reached that total in consecutive games. Towns got to 42 points Wednesday night in the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Hawks on his seventh 3-pointer of the game.

The New York Knicks enter the All-Star break on a hot streak that has brought them up to third in the Eastern Conference, but there's one big concern with their roster that could keep them from being a true title contender.

Jalen Brunson hit the game-winning shot with 11 seconds left in overtime for the host New York Knicks, who overcame a five-point deficit in the extra session to edge the Atlanta Hawks 149-148 in the highest-scoring game of the season.