Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns: Cleared to play vs. Toronto

Towns (calf) is available for Tuesday's NBA Cup quarterfinals game against the Raptors, Steve Popper of Newsday reports.

Towns went through pregame warmups with the intention of playing Tuesday, and he has been officially cleared to play in the Knicks' NBA Cup elimination match. The veteran center is averaging 22.5 points, 11.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.9 threes, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks over 33.1 minutes per game this season.