Karl-Anthony Towns sits out Nets game with bruised tailbone

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns missed Friday’s road game against the Brooklyn Nets with a bruised tailbone.

Towns was injured during a hard fall late in Minnesota’s road loss to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.

A two-time All-Star, Towns is averaging 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3.1 assists in his seventh season with the Timberwolves.