In: Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert Out: Karl-Anthony Towns, Nickeil Alexander-Walker
85 - 74
Q35:05
Karl-Anthony Towns 3-second-violation turnover
81 - 74
Q35:30
Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul (1st personal)
80 - 71
Q35:51+1
Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
78 - 71
Q35:51+2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
78 - 70
Q36:26+2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 1-foot layup (Rudy Gobert assists)
76 - 68
Q37:46+1
Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
74 - 64
Q37:46+1
Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
74 - 63
Q39:19
Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass out-of-bounds turnover
69 - 59
Q39:48
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 4-foot layup
69 - 59
Q311:00+2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot layup (Mike Conley assists)
64 - 57
Q20:05
Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound
61 - 55
Q20:32
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot jump shot
61 - 53
Q22:37
Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound
58 - 49
Q22:58+2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 1-foot layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
58 - 49
Q23:20
Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass turnover (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope steals)
58 - 45
Q24:24+1
Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
53 - 43
Q24:24+1
Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
53 - 42
Q25:23
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jump shot (Jamal Murray blocks)
48 - 39
Q27:05+3
Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
42 - 36
Q27:20
Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass turnover (Bruce Brown steals)
40 - 33
Q29:37
Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound
33 - 33
Q210:00+2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot hook (Kyle Anderson assists)
33 - 33
Q210:35+3
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jump shot (Austin Rivers assists)
33 - 31
Q10:43
Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound
28 - 23
Q11:17+2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot hook (Anthony Edwards assists)
26 - 23
Q13:05
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 3-foot layup
20 - 21
Q13:25→←
In: Karl-Anthony Towns, Jaylen Nowell Out: Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley
20 - 21
Q15:38→←
In: Kyle Anderson Out: Karl-Anthony Towns
12 - 17
Q15:50+2
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot jump shot
12 - 17
Q17:59
Aaron Gordon misses 1-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns blocks)
6 - 10
Q18:08
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 2-foot layup
6 - 10
Q110:03
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 0-foot layup
2 - 2
Q110:03
Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound
2 - 2
Q110:22
Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound
2 - 2
Q111:14
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jump shot
2 - 0
Game summary
Karl-Anthony Towns started and finished with 27 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block in 41 minutes during the April 21, 2023 111-120 loss to the Denver Nuggets. He shot 10-17 from the field, 2-4 from three, and 5-5 from the line. His plus-minus was -10.