As reported by kfgo.com, Sunday night saw the Minnesota Timberwolves defeat the Utah Jazz 115-100, powered by 26 points from Ayo Dosunmu and 24 points alongside five assists from LaMelo Ball.
For the Wolves, Jaden McDaniels put up 16 points, Bones Hyland contributed 14 coming off the bench, and Rudy Gobert added 10 points and 15 rebounds. The team improved to 8-3 overall and sat at 5-2 without All-Star guard Anthony Edwards, who underwent knee surgery on October 29 and was expected to miss two months.
Darryn Peterson led the Jazz with 26 points and six rebounds. Keyonte George put up 19 points across three quarters before being sidelined for the fourth due to a sprained right ankle, as reported by kfgo.com.
The Jazz have now lost eight in a row after splitting their first two games of the season, leaving them at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. They played Sunday without forward Lauri Markkanen, who sat out with a right wrist injury after hitting eight 3-pointers in a loss at Dallas on Friday night.
Ball brought the home crowd to its feet by making a steal at midcourt and cruising to an uncontested dunk, pushing Minnesota ahead 70-63 midway through the third quarter. Hyland then checked in and scored seven quick points to help the Timberwolves stretch their advantage to 90-72 by the end of the period.
Utah struggled early in the final frame, opening 0 for 9 from the floor and going nearly four minutes without a point as Minnesota built its lead to as many as 19 points. The Timberwolves also capitalized at the free-throw line, making 27 of 32 attempts after entering the matchup with a league-worst .648 free-throw percentage. Dosunmu led that effort by going 8 for 8.
Sunday’s matchup kicked off a season-long eight-game homestand for the Timberwolves, who will not play outside Target Center until the day before Thanksgiving. The Jazz return home to host Miami on Tuesday night, while the Timberwolves stay in Minneapolis to face Dallas on Thursday night.
MINNESOTA 115, UTAH 100 WOLVES BREAK A THIRD-QUARTER TIE AND RUN AWAY FROM UTAH Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 points and LaMelo Ball added 24 Sunday in Minneapolis, where the Minnesota Timberwolves broke a 63-63 tie by outscoring the Utah Jazz 27-15 over the last 7:23 of the third…
🏀 SUNDAY'S FINAL SCORES 🏀 LaMelo Ball and the @Timberwolves win their fourth straight and improve to 8-3 on the season! Ayo Dosunmu: 26 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL, 4 3PM Jaden McDaniels: 16 PTS, 6 REB Rudy Gobert: 10 PTS (4-4 FGM), 15 REB https://t.co/2ziQe04Rdx pic.twitter.com/TyZXQLreLo
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