Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to miss four to six weeks with a calf strain.

Tests showed no structural damage to the Achilles of Towns.

Towns suffered the non-contact injury during Monday's game.

Karl-Anthony Towns will undergo an MRI on his right calf, but there is early optimism that he avoided a significant injury to his lower right leg.

Towns suffered a noncontact injury turning to run down the floor in Monday's game, reaching back to grab at his calf and leaving uncertainty about whether he had suffered an Achilles injury.

The Timberwolves initially described the injury as a calf strain and ruled Towns out for the rest of the game.

Towns has averaged 21.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 20 games for the Timberwolves. 

The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to sign AJ Lawson to a Two-Way contract.

Lawson averaged 22.3 points to start the G League season with College Park.

Lawson is expected to join the Wolves for Wednesday's game against the Orlando Magic.

The Minnesota Timberwolves made a huge bet that going big would be the key to becoming a contender. Thus far, the Wolves season has been a mess. But it goes well beyond the Rudy Gobert trade.

Midway through Minnesota's home loss to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night, D'Angelo Russell had an embarrassing gaffe. During a free throw attempt, Russell left the floor. Following the free throw, the Suns brought the ball up and realized they were playing 5-on-4.

Phoenix missed the initial shot, but got an easy offensive rebound. By the time Russell ran back on the floor, Torrey Craig was hitting a wide-open three-pointer off the second chance opportunity.

This mistake, and the loss, were the latest in a rough stretch for Minnesota. Anthony Edwards has been critical of the team's spacing when Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns are in the game together. Towns criticized Edwards' eating habits, and following the loss to Phoenix, Towns spoke about the Wolves needing to find joy in playing again.