On Thursday, Karl-Anthony Towns was in a car headed for the airport when it was rear-ended by a semi truck, an accident Towns said he felt blessed to walk away from.
On Friday and Saturday, under the NBA’s concussion protocol, watched the Wolves from the bench, a sports coat-clad cheerleader.
Animated from the start, dominant at times, Towns fought off foul trouble to score 34 points with 21 rebounds and five assists in a much-needed 112-105 victory over Sacramento at Target Center.
Towns showed no ill-effects from the crash, absolutely no rust from the only two NBA games he’s ever missed.