Towns will return from a one-game absence due to right knee tendinitis and will replace Jericho Sims in the Knicks' starting five. In two games against Toronto this season, Towns is averaging 27.5 points,

Karl-Anthony Towns will warm up before final determination for his status tonight vs ORL, Tom Thibodeau says. Towns is questionable due to patellar tendonopathy in his right knee, Knicks say. Miles McBride (hamstring) is also a game-time decision.