Finally ! Absent since November 28 due to a calf injury, then a relapse, Karl Anthony Towns will make his return tonight against the Hawks. Unless there is a last minute problem…
The interior of the Wolves will therefore have missed 51 games and he will quickly have to find the rhythm because his team has only 9 games to play in the regular season. Above all, Rudy Gobert and his teammates are currently in 9th place in the West, with 36 wins for 37 losses. And if the 6th place of the Warriors (37-36) is not far, the 12th place of the Pelicans (35-37) either. A victory or a defeat can thus change everything at the end of the season.
For coach Chris Finch, it is therefore a question of reintegrating his All-Star without disturbing the balance of the team, while Anthony Edwards could also find the floors tonight against Atlanta.
For Karl-Anthony Towns, it is in any case the end of a long way of the cross…
“It’s a hard and long course. There are days when you wake up feeling good and ready to play. We think we can resume. But we are not 100% ready. he confided thus yesterday, while the end of the tunnel was looming. “We are working and we think we have made 8% progress compared to the day before. We go to see the doctors and we finally find out that it’s only 2%… Damn, only 2%? I itch to play. It has been such a long time. »
| Karl Anthony Towns | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | MIN | 82 | 32 | 54.3 | 34.1 | 81.1 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 18.3 |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 82 | 37 | 54.2 | 36.7 | 83.2 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 25.1 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 82 | 36 | 54.5 | 42.1 | 85.8 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 21.3 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 77 | 33 | 51.8 | 40.0 | 83.6 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 24.4 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 35 | 34 | 50.8 | 41.2 | 79.6 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 26.5 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 50 | 34 | 48.6 | 38.7 | 85.9 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 24.8 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 74 | 34 | 52.9 | 41.0 | 82.2 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 24.6 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 21 | 34 | 50.5 | 32.5 | 88.5 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 20.8 |
| Total | 503 | 34 | 52.7 | 39.3 | 83.5 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 23.1 | |
