Although he was out Monday night, the All-NBA Defense guard helped spark his team to dominate the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

The injury he suffered late Saturday night against the Bulls forced him to miss his third game of the season for the Knicks.

With Karl-Anthony Towns sitting out for the third time this season with a right knee issue, the Knicks couldn’t overcome a wretched night from the outside to extend their three-game skid in a 103-94 loss to Orlando at the Garden.

New York faces the Orlando Magic after Karl-Anthony Towns scored 44 points in the New York Knicks' 139-126 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Karl-Anthony Towns is sidelined Monday night with a sore right knee, leaving the New York Knicks without the NBA's leading rebounder for their game against the Orlando Magic. Towns appeared to be hurting near the end of the Knicks' loss in Chicago on Saturday and was listed as questionable to play Monday.

Karl-Anthony Towns has been ruled out by the team for the first game on a lengthy homestand after enduring patellar tendonopathy in his knee amidst the Knicks' Saturday loss in Ch

Missing Karl-Anthony Towns, the New York Knicks dropped their third game in a row on Monday night against the Orlando Magic.

Suggs is out for a second ... UPDATE: As of 7 p.m. ET, Karl-Anthony Towns and Miles McBride are both OUT for New York vs. Orlando. Jalen Brunson is available.

Joining Towns on the injury report for the Knicks is Deuce McBride, who is questionable with a hamstring strain. Jalen Brunson is probable with tightness in his right calf. McBrid

Prior to Monday’s game between the Magic and Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Jalen Suggs sent a text ... East (who didn’t have injured Karl-Anthony Towns), but it limited the Knicks (24-13 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns is sidelined Monday night with a sore right knee, leaving the New York Knicks without the NBA's leading rebounder for their game against the Orlando Magic.