The New York Knicks dropped a tight game 103-100 to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday and while there are obviously a number of factors that come into play that can decide a game that was ultimately a three point difference, for Karl-Anthony Towns what came into play the most was foul trouble.

Towns finished the game with 17 points, one assist and a game-leading 17 rebounds, but his game ended a little bit earlier than everyone else's in the physical affair. 

He fouled out with just under three minutes left in the game after committing his sixth foul while guarding Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but his fifth foul in the game ended being even more controversial. 

Officials overturned what was initially an out-of-bounds call due to a Thunder challenge, that instead ended up resulting in Towns' fifth foul of the game. His game-ending sixth foul on Gilgeous-Alexander came shortly after, compounding the frustration that the Knicks had been feeling over officiating all game. 

"It's obviously frustrating... You want to win the game and you want to be out there with your teammates," Towns said (via SNY). "It's unfortunate that it was called and after review they made the determination. In the moment I'm not even thinking about the fouls. I'm just thinking about staying locked in at the goal at hand."

Knicks head coach Mike Brown was more frustrated than most during the game because of the officiating and how he saw it benefitting the Thunder.

Brown received a technical early in the game for arguing with with officials over a no-call against Gilgeous-Alexander and after the game even called out the Thunder star for his ability to "convince officials he was being hit."

Knicks star Jalen Brunson made his own jab at the Thunder after the game when asked about a scratch under his eye, which Brunson responded to by saying it was "probably a no-call" that caused the scratch. 

Frustration over officiating aside, Towns remained level-headed over the circumstances in his own postgame presser.

His insistence that he was only concerned with keeping his team in the game rather than being worried about his falls indicates his commitment to the team and he continually praised the Knicks for staying in the fight against an Oklahoma City lineup that has stood out as the best in the NBA throughout the season.

How the game is officiated is something that's notoriously out of any team's control no matter chagrin it may cause, but at least for Towns, he chose to look at the brighter side of things and prepare for the next matchup.