Minnesota pulls away after the break
Minnesota extended its winning streak to four games overnight. Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 points on 7-of-13 shooting and the Timberwolves beat the Utah Jazz 115-100 in Minneapolis, separating in the second half after a tight start.
LaMelo Ball put up 24 points on 10-of-20 shooting, Jaden McDaniels had 16, and Rudy Gobert finished with 10 points and 15 rebounds. As a team, Minnesota shot 49.4% from the field and hit 12 of 32 threes.
Utah got 26 points from Darryn Peterson, who made 11 of 21 shots. Keyonte George added 19 points and a team-high eight assists, and Jaxson Hayes scored 18. The Jazz shot just 29.2% from deep and have now lost nine of their first 10 games.
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How the game turned
The first quarter was level at 25-all until Trey Lyles hit a three with 0.9 seconds left to put Minnesota up 28-25. Ball’s three made it 43-33 with 6:45 to play in the half. Hayes answered with an alley-oop dunk that cut the gap to three, but Terrence Shannon Jr. knocked down the last three points at the line for a 57-51 halftime lead.
The decisive stretch came late in the third quarter. Minnesota closed the period on a 12-4 run, with two free throws and two layups from Bones Hyland, a McDaniels three and a Joan Beringer dunk, plus three free throws from Jaylen Clark, to lead 90-78. The Wolves then outscored Utah 25-22 in the fourth to finish it.
One detail worth noting: Beringer played 16 minutes off the bench and scored four points with a broken nose, an injury he picked up two nights earlier against New Orleans.
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