Karl-Anthony Towns has accumulated 3.4 personal fouls per game this year, ranking him as one of the highest-fouling players in the NBA (96th percentile).The 3rd-most sluggish pace offense in the NBA this year has been the Knicks.The Brooklyn Nets have played at the 2nd-slowest pace in the league over the last 5 games, which ought to reduce possessions for the Knicks.As a team, the Knicks have been poor at getting to the charity stripe: 3rd-worst in the NBA this year, tallying a mere 19.7 free throw attempts per game.The matchup vs. Ben Simmons is a hard one for getting to the free-throw line; when facing opposing starting Cs this year, they have attempted a mere 1.9 foul shots per game (7th percentile).
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