New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, 29, who has been dealing with a right knee injury, sat out his team's 103-94 loss to the Orlando Magic at Madison Square Garden on Monday, the club's third straight defeat after a nine-game winning streak.

The Knicks had their own injury issues with Karl-Anthony Towns and Deuce McBride ruled out before the game, but they still came in with four of their starters intact. But as the game wore on, the Knicks found themselves looking up at the scoreboard as incredulously as the 19,