The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Utah Jazz 115-100 on Sunday, extending their winning streak to four games and sending Utah to an eighth consecutive defeat.
Ayo Dosunmu led Minnesota with 26 points, shooting 7-for-13 from the field and 4-for-5 from three-point range. LaMelo Ball added 24 points and five assists, while Jaden McDaniels scored 16.
Rudy Gobert finished with 10 points and 15 rebounds, going 4-for-4 from the field. Bones Hyland supplied 14 points in 13 minutes off the bench, and Trey Lyles added nine.
Darryn Peterson paced Utah with 26 points and six rebounds, making 11 of 21 shots and four of eight three-pointers. Keyonte George had 19 points and eight assists in three quarters before leaving with a sprained right ankle.
Jaxson Hayes added 18 points without missing a field goal, going 6-for-6 and 6-for-7 at the free-throw line. Josh Green scored 10, but Utah received only 20 points from its bench.
Minnesota’s reserves outscored Utah’s 35-20. Hyland led that production with 14 points, while Lyles contributed nine in 21 minutes.
The Timberwolves built a 57-51 halftime lead and extended it to 90-78 by the end of the third quarter. Ball’s steal at midcourt and uncontested dunk made it 70-63, before Hyland scored seven quick points after entering the game.
Utah opened the fourth quarter 0-for-9 from the field and went nearly four minutes without scoring. Minnesota pushed its advantage to 19 points during that stretch and closed out its 15-point win.
The Timberwolves shot 49% from the field and made 12 of 32 three-pointers, compared with Utah’s 43% shooting and seven made threes. Minnesota also held a 45-37 rebounding edge, although it committed 22 turnovers to Utah’s 13.
Minnesota entered Sunday with the NBA’s lowest free-throw percentage at 64.8%, but converted 27 of 32 attempts against Utah. Dosunmu made all eight of his free throws.
The Timberwolves improved to 8-3 and 5-2 without Anthony Edwards, who is expected to miss two months after knee surgery on October 29. Sunday’s game began an eight-game homestand, with Minnesota not scheduled to play outside Target Center again until the day before Thanksgiving.
Utah fell to 1-9 and remained at the bottom of the Western Conference. The Jazz were also without Lauri Markkanen, who missed Sunday’s game with a right wrist injury after making eight three-pointers in Friday’s loss at Dallas.
The Jazz host Miami on Tuesday, while Minnesota welcomes Dallas on Thursday.
