New York Knicks star big man Karl-Anthony Towns’ face was left bloodied on Wednesday night following a collision against the Denver Nuggets.
Towns bumped heads with Denver’s Spencer Jones, which left a cut above his right eye that resulted in him bleeding on his face and jersey.
He proceeded to go back to the locker room, leaving the game against Denver after the collision.
Here’s the latest on Towns after his bloody collision in Wednesday’s game.
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What happened to Karl-Anthony Towns’ eye?
Early in the first quarter of Wednesday’s Nuggets vs. Knicks matchup, Towns was driving to the rim against Jones when the two bumped heads on Towns’ drive, with Jones’ arm also swinging up toward Towns’ face.
After that collision, Towns was immediately seen with a cut above his right eye that resulted in blood on his face and jersey.
Towns and Jones collide heads and Towns comes up bloody pic.twitter.com/ycZXRsHLcW
— KNICKS BEAST (@KnicksBeast) February 5, 2026
Karl-Anthony Towns injury updates
After his collision with Jones, Towns went to the sidelines to get looked at by trainers, per Tim Bontemps.
Because Towns was fouled on the play, he had to shoot his free throws to be able to stay in the game, and he went 2-for-2 from the line with a bandage on his face.
Karl-Anthony Towns was bleeding after colliding with Spencer Jones on this drive 😳 pic.twitter.com/0BKFIlgmZ0
— ESPN (@espn) February 5, 2026
However, Towns then went to the locker room afterward, likely needing stitches to stop the bleeding.
Towns returned to the Knicks’ bench in the second quarter, then returned to the game with a bandage over the eye area.
However, Jones, the other player involved in the collision, was ruled questionable to return with a head contusion by the Nuggets.
