New Yorkers are not exactly famous for their patience. And yet the city is filled with fans of the New York Knicks. Patience is required: The Knicks have not won a championship since 1973; they have not been to the N.B.A. Finals since 1999. And now, the team, led by the charismatic point guard Jalen Brunson, has pinned their hopes on Karl-Anthony Towns. “The key to the team’s fortunes is Towns, a big man whose over-all impression is best described as impressive yet confusing,” Louisa Thomas writes. Read more about how a change in New York’s post-season offense has made the team more precise, more urgent, and much harder to stop as it pushes toward the Eastern Conference Finals: www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/th...