Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns has successful knee surgery

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Tuesday that forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns had successful surgery on a lateral meniscus tear on his left knee. Team officials say he will be re-evaluated in four weeks. Towns has missed the last three games with the injury, and the Timberwolves have gone 1-2 over that stretch. The Timberwolves are currently 44-21 and in the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference with 19 regular season games left. They’re 1.5 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder for the No. 1 spot. Towns has played in 60 games...