NBA Playoffs 2018: 5 superstars that disappointed on opening weekend

#3 Karl-Anthony Towns

Karl-Anthony Towns

Stat line: 8 points on 3-of-9 shooting, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block

It was Karl-Anthony Towns' Playoffs debut but the performance was extremely disappointing.

The Minnesota Timberwolves ended up losing the game by only 3 points, a game that was decided in the final minutes of the final quarter. Imagine, what could have happened if Towns was able to be a little more assertive on either one of the ends of the floor.

The Wolves could have stolen home court, by upsetting the Houston Rockets, the team with the best record in the league.

Towns played a team-high 40 minutes and after that was only -1 in the +/- category but that's the thing. Playing so many minutes and hardly doing anything other than his double-digit rebounds, he could have easily taken control of the game by doing something spectacular in the final minutes. That would have certainly kept him off this list, even with those numbers.

As much as we expect from him, the postseason is another beast altogether, and at the end of the day, it was his debut. Expect him to bounce back from strong in Game 2 but can they win? Only time will tell.