Karl-Anthony Towns ‘lucky to be alive,’ expected to play Monday against the Kings
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns was expected to return to the lineup against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night after being involved in a car accident that left him feeling “lucky to be alive.”
Towns was a passenger in a Hyundai Santa Fe that was hit by a semi-truck Thursday on southbound Interstate 35W in Minneapolis. The two-time All-Star was placed in the NBA’s concussion protocol and missed the last two games against the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks, ending his streak of 303 games played. Towns, a 7-foot center who is averaging 23.1 points and 12 rebounds, had never missed a game in his four-year NBA career.
“I’d say I had a 5-percent chance of making it out alive,” Towns told reporters Monday morning. “... It could have been much worse. In all honesty, I probably should not have made it out like I did.”
Towns had one of his biggest games of the season against Sacramento on Nov. 9. He posted a season-high 39 points and 19 rebounds in a 121-110 loss to the Kings at Golden 1 Center.
This story was originally published February 25, 2019 at 11:09 AM.
