Karl-Anthony Towns lost seven family members to Covid. He came back and shone

The Minnesota Timberwolves star has suffered loss in his personal life but has used it as inspiration to come back stronger

On 14 March 2022, Karl-Anthony Towns pirouetted, leapt and dunked his way to a 60-point performance with the grace of a ballet dancer and the strength of, well, a 7ft, 250lb NBA player. After the game, he started to text the most important person in his life: his mother, Jackie. Then he stopped himself and started to cry.

This was a moment for us," Towns later told ESPN. She would've loved it."