5 regular season statistics that should raise more eyebrows

#2 Karl-Anthony Towns' shooting splits

Towns in action

Towns is playing the best basketball of his life this season. Ever since Jimmy Butler went down with a meniscus injury on 23rd February, the Minnesota Timberwolves have stayed afloat in a playoff berth thanks largely to Towns.

In his last 15 games, the University of Kentucky product is averaging a whopping 25.3 points and 12.5 rebounds per game while making 51% of his 3-pointers!

Towns ranks 14th among all players in field goal percentage for the season, converting 54.5% of his attempts. The truly mind-boggling stat, however, is his 3-point percentage: Towns ranks 6th among all players with a conversion rate of 43.8% from downtown. He is also a really good free throw shooter, ranking 2nd among all centers with a conversion rate of 85.3% from the charity stripe.

Towns is on course to become the first center to average over 40% from 3-point territory. In addition, he is also the only player to post totals of over 100 3-pointers and 1000 rebounds in the regular season in the history of the league.

After a 109-103 win over the Warriors in a crucial game for playoff qualification, Towns was quoted as saying:

The West is a swamp, and only the real alligators are gonna make it out.

Towns has proved on many occasions this season that he is a real alligator.