Following where teammate Andrew Wiggins tread four times last season, Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns on Thursday won the NBA's Western Conference Rookie of the Month award for October and November.
It's an honor that comes after a week when the No. 1 overall pick played only three minutes in the fourth quarters of his team's past four games.
Town sat the entire fourth quarter of games against Atlanta, Sacramento and Orlando while Wolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell called upon third-year center Gorgui Dieng to play on because of his superior pick-and-roll defense.