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Kendrick Perkins takes a wild shot at Karl-Anthony Towns after bloody injury

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Rex Villas | Last updated Feb 5, 2026 11:47 AM ET

Kendrick Perkins added insult to injury while talking about New York Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns.

In the first quarter of Wednesday’s game between the Knicks and the Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., Towns was involved in a head-to-head collision that left him bloodied and caused him to briefly leave the contest. He returned to the game with a bandage over his right eye.

Following the contest, Perkins took a shot at Towns, as he downplayed the Knicks star’s stitches.

“It ain’t nothing but a little war wound, you know what I’m saying? Stitch it up, he’ll be good. He ugly anyway,” Perkins said on ESPN.

Kendrick Perkins on KAT getting stitches on his eye:

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What surely was not horrible was Towns’ performance against the Nuggets, as he held his own against three-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic. The former Kentucky Wildcats star scored 24 points on 9-for-13 shooting with 12 boards in 31 minutes of a 134-127 win over the Nuggets.

It is going to take some time before Towns’ wound completely heals, but given that he was able to finish the Denver game, he can be expected to see action in a marquee showdown between two of the best Eastern Conference teams on Friday, when the Knicks take on the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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