Late Friday afternoon, a few hours before the Minnesota Timberwolves were scheduled to tip off for the second time this week against the Memphis Grizzlies, The Athletic’s Sham Charania announced the game would be postponed:
The postponement was obviously related to some sort of positive test for COVID-19, and just a short 30 minutes later, Karl-Anthony Towns announced via Twitter that he had tested posted for the virus:
First thing’s first — this is absolutely gutting. There are very few people in this country and on this Earth that have been affected more by the COVID-19 pandemic than Towns and his family, and for him to now test positive is a truly devastating blow.