The Minnesota Timberwolves could possibly be without Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins against the New York Knicks on Sunday night.

The team reported that Towns (knee) and Wiggins (quad) are officially ruled as questionable ahead of tonight's matchup.

The Timberwolves defeated the Washington Wizards 135-130 on Saturday, spearheaded by a vigorous 40-point outing from Towns. He went down with an apparent leg injury in the game's final seconds.

“He's (Towns) just had initial evaluations, but he was walking around so there's really no info at the moment,” Saunders told reporters after the win.

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Sunday that there is “optimism” about the MRI results of the All-Star center's right knee.

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Towns, 23, is putting the wraps on another fantastic all-around campaign in his fourth NBA season – owning averages of 24.5 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.7 blocks per contest.

Minnesota missed Wiggins' wing presence, but recouped by granting 37 minutes to rookie forward Keita Bates-Diop in his first NBA start. Bates-Diop notched 12 points and did his job well on defense – drawing the assignment of Wizards star shooting guard Bradley Beal for crucial chunks of the game.

Wiggins, 24, suffered the left-quad contusion in the T-Wolves' 131-114 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. The No. 1 overall selection in the 2014 NBA Draft has had somewhat of an underwhelming year – averaging 17.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in his fifth season in Minnesota.

Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins continue to be the clear-cut cornerstones of the Minnesota Timberwolves (31-35), while their playoff hopes this season are slowly fading.