Bench unit shines as Wolves pull away from Jazz for fourth straight win
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.
Key points
- The Wolves committed 22 turnovers, which helped the Jazz hang around for much of the night, but their talent eventually won out.
- 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.
- 2 overall pick, scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Jazz, who fell to 1-9 with their eighth consecutive loss.
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.
But it was the bench unit that really shined for the Wolves in a 115-100 victory.
Additional details
- They continued to flex their muscles in the fourth quarter to make sure there would be no comeback.
- The Wolves led by as much as ten in the first half but were ahead by just six at the break.
- The Jazz were already without Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanen, and Jusuf Nurkic.
- 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.
- LaMelo Ball and Ayo Dosunmu, who have led Minnesota’s offense in Edwards’ absence, combined for 50 points (26 for Dosunmu, 24 for Ball).
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