The road for the Minnesota Timberwolves to climb the standings in the West just got more difficult because forward Julius Randle will be out for at least two weeks.

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Wednesday that power forward Julius Randle will miss at least the next two weeks of action. Randle left the

Julius Randle, who has been the Timberwolves' second leading scorer since coming to the team in an preseason trade, will be sidelined at least two more weeks because of a groin injury. The 30-year-old forward has been out since he left a game on Jan. 30 against the Utah Jazz because of what the team called a right groin strain.