Fans and media members alike waited patiently for Ryan Saunders’ pregame injury list update before Monday night’s Wolves game against the Brooklyn Nets. And when it came, those rooting for the Wolves did not receive the news they had hoped for.
Less than two hours before game time, Saunders shared Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) would miss his seventh-straight game and that Andrew Wiggins would join him on the injury list (flu-like symptoms) for the second game in a row. The Wolves’ lacking offensive production plagued them in their Saturday night home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers and being without their two leading scorers once again served as a gut punch to the hope that they’d be able to turn things around offensively against the Nets.