Winning return for Karl-Anthony Towns against the Clippers

A week after revealing that an infection caused him to lose eight kilos, Karl-Anthony Towns is back on the pitch. It was tonight at the Crypto.com Arena to challenge the Leonard-George-Wall trio Clippers.

At his side, not Rudy Gobert, left to rest, but Naz Reid. And that went well since it was he who woke up his teammates in the first quarter after a sluggish start from Wolves. Two “And-1” to warm up, the first on a move on the left of the basket, then another in the axis, and Minnesota finds colors against an aggressive John Wall. It is unfortunately short-lived, and the Jackson-Zubac duo again widens the gap.

Led by 15 points (39-24), the Wolves will yo-yo with big passages from Bryn Forbes and Anthony Edwards, but the Clippers have mastered their subject with Paul George who crashes from afar. At the break, there are only nine points behind Minnesota (62-53), and it’s a bit miraculous.

Back from the locker room, we find Towns for two baskets in a row at 3-pointers. The two coaches decided to leave the stars on the pitch, and in the wake of their star interior, Wolves picked up the score (75-74). It’s Towns, still at 3-pointers, who equalizes (79-79). The match gains in intensity and John Wall puts on a show. His distance duel with Anthony Edwards is unexpected in a preseason game.

But in the end, the two formations will play the blow thoroughly until the end, and it is in defense that the Wolves will make the difference with a final counter from Luke Garza. 119-117 success for Wolves, still undefeated in preseason. Without Rudy Gobert, but with an effective Reid-Towns pair. On the Clippers side, Kawhi Leonard is in the run-in. On the other hand, we found some flashes of John Wall, and it is positive for the future.