HOUSTON – Mere moments after his team scored 130 points Saturday night in Houston and still lost, young Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns stripped off his uniform, pulled on a practice jersey and headed down an arena corridor to a weight room, where he clanged and banged the defeat away.
Twenty minutes later, after most of his teammates had already showered and departed, Towns returned to his team's locker room, sweaty and drained.
"Very rarely," he said Saturday night when asked if he often lifts weights immediately after a game. "But today was one of those days. I was a little extra mad.