LOS ANGELES – The Timberwolves are 11-5 since Karl-Anthony Towns went out because of knee surgery to repair a partially torn meniscus, and entering the last four games of the season, they are in control of their fate to grab the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
If the Wolves can beat Denver in a showdown Wednesday, they just have to win two of their other games to get the one seed, based on the various tiebreakers that would work among them, Oklahoma City and Denver.
For the Wolves to reach this point without Towns, they have needed Anthony Edwards to shoulder even more of the offensive burden, and Edwards has been up to the task on most nights.