The bizarre situation surrounding Karl-Anthony Towns ended with him playing a key — and painful — role in the Knicks’ opening-night win.

Towns, who revealed that he is dealing with a Grade 2 right quad strain, was downgraded from questionable to doubtful just hours before the Knicks’ 119-11 win over the Cavaliers on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. But an hour after being listed as doubtful, he was upgraded back to questionable. Then he did not warm up prior to the game, but was subsequently in the starting lineup.

“It’s been a day for me living in it and for y’all trying to report it,” Towns said. “It’s been one hell of a day. But I’m glad, in the end, God’s good, we got a win, New York is happy, the fans are happy. I think it’s a great day.” 3

Towns looked like his

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