Towns is dealing with a thumb ailment ahead of Knicks-Timberwolves, and New York can't afford to be without him much longer.

Karl-Anthony Towns has a bone chip in his sprained right thumb, Stefan Bondy of The New York Post reports. The injury came on Monday, when Towns' New York Knicks lost to the Detroit Pistons. Towns smacked his hand on the backboard during a drive,

Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns has a bone chip in his right thumb to go along with the sprain he suffered in Monday's loss, sources confirmed.