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Exclusive | Karl-Anthony Towns’ Dominican heritage has a Knicks’ stage: ‘He’s home’

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Karl-Anthony Towns is the first Knick or Net to represent the Dominican Republic .

The Knicks center is just five subway stops from Washington Heights , a neighborhood dubbed, "Little D.R.R." His mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns , died from COVID-19 at just 60 years old in April 2020 .

Towns: "If we were allowed to go inside the arena with drums, we’ll be in there with drums" Neither waving flags nor drums nor trumpets are technically allowed at the Garden .

Towns indicated it’s worth asking for the home opener Oct. 25 against the Pacers .

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