Karl-Anthony Towns' three-point play helps Wolves edge Knicks 112-110

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This was always Jacqueline Cruz-Towns' favorite game, when her family could gather to watch her son play the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

She died of complications related to COVID-19 in April 2020, but Karl-Anthony Towns' father, sister and other friends and family were in the arena Tuesday night.

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He gave them a great memory — and the Minnesota Timberwolves a big victory.

Towns converted a go-ahead three-point play with 29 seconds left and the Timberwolves edged the Knicks 112-110.

Towns, who grew up nearby in New Jersey, looked up toward the roof on his first trip to the free throw line, a way of remembering his mother.

His last trip to the line ended up winning the game.

"I told my dad everyone’s going to get a chance to have their Madison Square Garden moment and I felt that was for me tonight. That was the biggest moment that I’ve had in MSG," Towns said. "Great crowd, great atmosphere, great energy and I got to silence everybody, so that makes it even better."

The Knicks got a strong game from Kemba Walker in his return from a nine-game absence with a sore left knee and nursed a lead for most of the fourth quarter.

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) drives to the basket against New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley (5) and New York Knicks center Taj Gibson (67) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 in New York.  (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

But the Timberwolves rallied and then held on when Alec Burks missed a 3-pointer that would have won it for New York.

"I definitely wanted to win, but we've got to keep grinding it