When the Los Angeles Clippers and Minnesota Timberwolves faced off for the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference on Tuesday, Karl-Anthony Towns was a complete non-factor. In 24:17, Towns was held to 11 points on 3-11 shooting from the field. He also posted a team-worst -14 in the box score before fouling out with 7:34 left in the fourth quarter.
And yet, the Timberwolves won Tuesday’s game 109-104 despite the fact that they were down by seven points when Towns exited the game. That alone was enough for Towns to call the Clippers’ game plan for him a failure.