TOWNS TESTS POSITIVE, WOLVES GAME POSTPONED

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-anthony Towns announced Friday he tested positive for COVID-19. His announcement came shortly after the NBA announced Friday’s game between the Timberwolves and the visiting Memphis Grizzlies was postponed due to the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The NBA said Minnesota didn’t have the mandatory eight players available due to contact tracing within the team. Towns was distressed over his positive test because his mother, 59-year-old Jacqueline Cruz-towns, died of complications from COVID-19 on April 13. “Prior to tonight’s game, I received yet another awful call that I tested positive for COVID,” Towns said on Twitter. “I will immediately isolate and follow every protocol. I pray every day that this nightmare of a virus will subside and I beg everyone to continue to take it seriously by taking all the necessary precautions ...” Towns has been open and honest about his family’s experiences with COVID-19.“He said in December seven family members have died due to the virus.