Will Hall: #RaisedbyWolves (56-25) beat Atlanta 109-106. KAT finishes with 11 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup. -Rudy Gobert: 25 points, 19 rebounds -Naz Reid: 19 points Up next: vs Phoenix on Sunday.
Source: Twitter
Source: Twitter
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
With Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore here, Karl-Anthony Towns is back in the starting lineup. pic.twitter.com/sX2XHpSBXT – 8:09 PM
With Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore here, Karl-Anthony Towns is back in the starting lineup. pic.twitter.com/sX2XHpSBXT – 8:09 PM
Jon Krawczynski @JonKrawczynski
Big roar for Karl-Anthony Towns as he is introduced in the starting lineup. – 8:08 PM
Big roar for Karl-Anthony Towns as he is introduced in the starting lineup. – 8:08 PM
Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Asked Chris Finch what was working well with Karl-Anthony Towns before he got hurt that you would like to do more of now in his return?
“Well, I think one of the places we’ve missed him the most is rebounding. Just defensive rebounding in particular. We’ve been a little more… – 6:35 PM
Asked Chris Finch what was working well with Karl-Anthony Towns before he got hurt that you would like to do more of now in his return?
“Well, I think one of the places we’ve missed him the most is rebounding. Just defensive rebounding in particular. We’ve been a little more… – 6:35 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns announces he’s ‘back’ hours before Friday’s game vs. Hawks cbssports.com/nba/news/timbe… – 5:53 PM
Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns announces he’s ‘back’ hours before Friday’s game vs. Hawks cbssports.com/nba/news/timbe… – 5:53 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Update at @FDSportsbook with four-time NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns returning to the Timberwolves lineup for the first time since March 4: pic.twitter.com/k9AjuZYmf9 – 4:48 PM
Update at @FDSportsbook with four-time NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns returning to the Timberwolves lineup for the first time since March 4: pic.twitter.com/k9AjuZYmf9 – 4:48 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) is listed as questionable tonight for Timberwolves against Hawks with left meniscus tear.
Suns at T-Wolves on Sunday. #Suns – 2:43 PM
Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) is listed as questionable tonight for Timberwolves against Hawks with left meniscus tear.
Suns at T-Wolves on Sunday. #Suns – 2:43 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Minnesota Timberwolves’s Karl-Anthony Towns expected to return vs. Hawks sportando.basketball/en/minnesota-t… – 1:31 AM
Minnesota Timberwolves’s Karl-Anthony Towns expected to return vs. Hawks sportando.basketball/en/minnesota-t… – 1:31 AM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to make his return vs. the Hawks on Friday, per @wojespn.
Towns has been out since March 4th with a left knee meniscus tear. pic.twitter.com/Px17Orn3rH – 6:02 PM
Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to make his return vs. the Hawks on Friday, per @wojespn.
Towns has been out since March 4th with a left knee meniscus tear. pic.twitter.com/Px17Orn3rH – 6:02 PM
Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Karl-Anthony Towns is listed as questionable for Friday’s game against Atlanta, the team says. – 5:53 PM
Karl-Anthony Towns is listed as questionable for Friday’s game against Atlanta, the team says. – 5:53 PM
Karl-Anthony Towns @KarlTowns
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I can’t speak more highly of the Neubie by @NeuFitRFP. I love its ability to stimulate my muscles without straining my body. The Neubie has become essential in my recovery and performance process. – 2:14 PM
Dane Moore @DaneMooreNBA
Asked Anthony Edwards about not having Karl-Anthony Towns in this matchup and where they would have felt his presence if he did play:
“I mean, it would be a lot easier for everyone because he’s gonna get 25 points every night. Like, easy. He walks in the gym with 25 points. So… – 1:28 AM
Asked Anthony Edwards about not having Karl-Anthony Towns in this matchup and where they would have felt his presence if he did play:
“I mean, it would be a lot easier for everyone because he’s gonna get 25 points every night. Like, easy. He walks in the gym with 25 points. So… – 1:28 AM
Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
Most Single Season Points in Timberwolves History:
1. Karl-Anthony Towns 2061 (’17)
2. Anthony Edwards 2018 (’24)
3. Kevin Love 2010 (’14)
4. Kevin Garnett 1987 (’04) – 11:37 PM
Most Single Season Points in Timberwolves History:
1. Karl-Anthony Towns 2061 (’17)
2. Anthony Edwards 2018 (’24)
3. Kevin Love 2010 (’14)
4. Kevin Garnett 1987 (’04) – 11:37 PM
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns isn’t planning to play vs. the Denver Nuggets tonight on ESPN in a showdown for first-place in the West, but a return on the weekend against Atlanta or Phoenix looms possible, sources tell ESPN. He’s been out since March 4 with a meniscus injury. – 10:55 AM
Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns isn’t planning to play vs. the Denver Nuggets tonight on ESPN in a showdown for first-place in the West, but a return on the weekend against Atlanta or Phoenix looms possible, sources tell ESPN. He’s been out since March 4 with a meniscus injury. – 10:55 AM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Karl-Anthony Towns injury update: Timberwolves All-Star will return before end of regular season, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/karl-… – 10:20 AM
Karl-Anthony Towns injury update: Timberwolves All-Star will return before end of regular season, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/karl-… – 10:20 AM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Karl-Anthony Towns (torn meniscus) is expected to return in one of Minnesota’s final regular season games, per @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/pefJFjUueo – 10:07 AM
Karl-Anthony Towns (torn meniscus) is expected to return in one of Minnesota’s final regular season games, per @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/pefJFjUueo – 10:07 AM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Sources: Minnesota star Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to return in one of team’s final regular season games (tonight in Denver, Friday vs. Atlanta or Sunday vs. Phoenix). Towns attacked rehab and impressed T’Wolves teammates/coaches with recovery from early March torn meniscus. pic.twitter.com/9cpxa5jPid – 10:00 AM
Sources: Minnesota star Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to return in one of team’s final regular season games (tonight in Denver, Friday vs. Atlanta or Sunday vs. Phoenix). Towns attacked rehab and impressed T’Wolves teammates/coaches with recovery from early March torn meniscus. pic.twitter.com/9cpxa5jPid – 10:00 AM
More on this storyline
Dane Moore: Chris Finch said Karl-Anthony Towns is playing, but wouldn’t share if he will start or come off the bench for tonight’s game. -via Twitter @DaneMooreNBA / April 12, 2024
The final two home games of the Minnesota Timberwolves regular season should bring nothing but celebratory vibes. The Wolves still have an outside chance to be the No. 1-seeded team in the Western Conference, will host Game 1 of their first-round playoff series for the first time in 20 years and are getting All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns back on the floor sooner than initially anticipated. The players are completely locked in on the task at hand and the goal of advancing past the first round in the playoffs for just the second time in their 35-year history. The rest of their organization has been dealing with turmoil while a once-planned transfer of ownership from Glen Taylor to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez has gone up in flames, leading to a startlingly public fight between the two sides that has fans and team employees caught in the middle. It is all expected to be in public view on Friday night when Lore and Rodriguez are expected to attend the game against the Atlanta Hawks, team sources told The Athletic. It will be the first time they have been back in the arena since the dispute began on March 28. -via The Athletic / April 12, 2024
Heated allegations have gone back and forth and on the record. This week, comments from NBA commissioner Adam Silver and a pair of sourced reports kept the issue front and center as the Timberwolves (55-25) chase the top seed in the West. Silver said the league will be staying out of the fight, viewing it as a dispute between a buyer and a seller that, per the purchase agreement, will go to mediation and arbitration to be resolved. But he did add some clarity to the situation when asked about Lore and Rodriguez saying that the only reason they did not close at the end of March was because they were awaiting league approval. “The dispute is precisely that, as to whether they had acted within the window of the option that Glen Taylor had sold them,” Silver said at the board of governors meeting in New York this week. “That’s the very basis of the dispute. So that dispute will be resolved independent of the league office.” -via The Athletic / April 12, 2024
