Karl-Anthony Towns is out again with a thumb injury and sits against the old team as the Knicks host the Wolves

NEW YORK (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns missed his second straight game with a sprained right thumb when he sat out against his former team when the New York Knicks hosted Minnesota on Friday night.

Jericho Sims started at center for the Knicks. Towns was injured Monday night in a loss to Detroit and sat out the Knicks’ win at Philadelphia on Wednesday.

The game was Minnesota’s first in New York since the Knicks acquired cities from the Timberwolves and sent Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota right after training camps opened. Knicks won in Minnesota last month.

DiVincenzo was also out after spraining his left big toe late in a loss to Golden State on Wednesday after scoring a season-high 28 points. DiVincenzo had recently moved into Minnesota’s starting lineup. Mike Conley started Friday.

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