It’s never reassuring when a player gets injured on their own, and that’s the case with Karl Anthony Towns against the Wizards. Wolves’ interior crumbled in the 3rd quarter as they tried to come back in defence.
On a support, he winces, and he falls to the ground. We obviously think of the Achilles tendon, especially as his teammates help him leave the field. But as suspected by the rather optimistic medical staff, the MRI revealed a tear in the right calf.
According to ESPN, Towns will miss four to six weeks of competition, and for a full recovery he will have to resume in January 2023. A blow for Wolves who have not yet managed to integrate Rudy Gobert, and whose results in sawtooth betray a lack of cohesion on both sides of the field.
For Chris Finch, it is therefore necessary to change his plans, and we will closely follow how Minnesota will modify his game with a Gobert undoubtedly more invested in attack, in particular in his game with D’Angelo Russell and Anthony Edwards.
| 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 | 20 | 34 | 50.8 | 32.8 | 89.8 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 21.4 |
| Total | 502 | 34 | 52.7 | 39.3 | 83.5 | 3.0 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 23.1 | |
