Bench unit shines as Wolves pull away from Jazz for fourth straight win
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Even without Anthony Edwards, the Timberwolves are making it clear that they are a deep, talented, well-coached team. The Wolves pulled away from a struggling Utah Jazz team on Sunday night at Target Center and have now won four straight games to improve to 8-3 on the young season.
LaMelo Ball and Ayo Dosunmu, who have led Minnesota’s offense in Edwards’ absence, combined for 50 points (26 for Dosunmu, 24 for Ball). But it was the bench unit that really shined for the Wolves in a 115-100 victory. All five members of the second group were at least a plus-11 for Chris Finch, and it was that unit that helped the Wolves finally create some separation at the end of the third quarter.
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- Trey Lyles: 21 minutes, 9 points, plus-29
- Joan Beringer: 16 minutes, 4 points, plus-12
- Jaylen Clark: 19 minutes, 3 points, plus-11
- Terrence Shannon Jr: 17 minutes, 5 points, plus-11
- Bones Hyland: 13 minutes, 14 points, plus-15
Jaden McDaniels chipped in 16 points, and Rudy Gobert posted a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds. The Wolves committed 22 turnovers, which helped the Jazz hang around for much of the night, but their talent eventually won out.
Rookie Darryn Peterson, the No. 2 overall pick, scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Jazz, who fell to 1-9 with their eighth consecutive loss. One of Utah’s star players, Keyonte George, left the game with an injury in the second half. The Jazz were already without Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanen, and Jusuf Nurkic.
The Wolves led by as much as ten in the first half but were ahead by just six at the break. It was a four-point game with a couple minutes left in the third quarter when Minnesota closed the period on a 12-4 run to create some breathing room. They continued to flex their muscles in the fourth quarter to make sure there would be no comeback.
The lead was big enough that Cody Williams, Rocco Zikarsky, and Isaiah Evans got to see the floor in the game’s final minutes.
This game was the start of a franchise record eight-game homestand for the Timberwolves, whose next road game isn’t until Nov. 25 in Oklahoma City. They have three days off before taking on the Dallas Mavericks next Thursday.
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