The Utah Jazz upset the Minnesota Timberwolves 127-122 as Keyonte George scored a career-high 43 points on Tuesday evening.
George scored more than 30 points for the third time in his last six games.
Jazz’s Jusuf Nurkic recorded his second career triple-double with 16 points, 18 rebounds, and 10 assists, while his first was on January 16, 2019, with Portland’s win over the Cavaliers.
Rookie Ace Bailey dropped 20 points, and Isaiah Collier had 18 points and 10 assists for the Jazz, also delivering head coach Will Hardy his 100th career win.
On the other hand, Wolves’ Anthony Edwards led the Wolves with 38 points, while Julius Randle scored 19 points and Rudy Gobert added 11 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks.
Minnesota squandered a 15-point lead and closed out a four-game trip with three straight losses.
Edwards had a three-point play that pulled the Wolves within 121-119 before George responded with a three-pointer from the corner with 59.2 seconds left that gave the Jazz the cushion needed to halt their four-game skid.
However, Bailey led an 11-2 run with an electrifying dunk and a three-pointer for the Jazz to obtain the lead with 7:47 to play in the fourth quarter.
Utah scored on its first 11 possessions of the final period.
The Timberwolves were outrunning the Jazz at home with a 23-9 advantage in fast break points through three quarters, but could not sustain that effort in the fourth.
Gobert returned after missing two of three games due to a league suspension for too many flagrant fouls and a hip bruise.
Meanwhile, the Jazz were shorthanded as missing leading scorer Lauri Markkanen, Kevin Love, and Brice Sensabaugh.
They were 0-10 without Markkanen this season.
Both teams will play on Thursday night: Minnesota hosts the Bulls, while the Jazz play the Spurs.
