Getty Images/Ringer illustration By foregrounding Rudy Gobert and Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves made a massive bet on Towns's willingness and ability to alter his game—and it paid off. But now, on the brink of elimination against the Denver Nuggets, the Wolves need KAT to maintain the healthy balance that carried him through the most impressive season of his career. In by far the longest playoff run of Karl-Anthony Towns's career, he's been a highly efficient, mismatch-obliterating nightmare who's impacted winning in myriad ways—and also a hasty tableau of aggravation, unable to curb his penchant for exasperating fouls, wild drives, and head-scratching turnovers at the worst possible times. Not even two months after Towns had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, he had an excellent 28-point effort in a closeout win against the Phoenix Suns and built on it with one of the most impressive two-way efforts of his life: a 27-point, 12-rebound masterpiece (sans Rudy Gobert) in Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets. Offsetting that dominance, though, are the times when it has seemed like the only player on earth who can neutralize KAT is … himself. In...