Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 points on 7-for-13 shooting, and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away for a 115-100 win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night in Minneapolis.
LaMelo Ball added 24 points on 10-for-20 shooting for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Jaden McDaniels scored 16 points, and Rudy Gobert registered a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds.
Darryn Peterson scored 26 points on 11-for-21 shooting to lead Utah, which lost for the ninth time in 10 games to start the season. Keyonte George scored 19 points and dished a team-high eight assists, and Jaxson Hayes recorded 18 points with six boards.
The Timberwolves shot 49.4% (38 of 77) overall and 37.5% (12 of 32) from 3-point range. The Jazz shot 42.5% (37 of 87) from the field and 29.2% (7 of 24) from deep.
In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves outscored the Jazz 25-22 to seal the victory.
Minnesota ended the third quarter on a 12-4 run to go ahead 90-78. Jaylen Clark made three free throws to finish the run, which included two free throws and two layups from Bones Hyland, a 3-pointer by McDaniels, and a dunk by Joan Beringer.
The Timberwolves led 57-51 at the half.
The score was tied at 25-all in the final moments of the first quarter when Trey Lyles made a 3-pointer just before the buzzer. His shot with 0.9 seconds remaining put Minnesota on top 28-25 at the end of the opening session.
Minnesota increased its lead to double digits before halftime. Ball knocked down a 3-pointer to put the Timberwolves ahead 43-33 with 6:45 to go before the break.
Hayes made an alley-oop dunk to cut the deficit to three points in the final minute of the first half. Terrence Shannon Jr. scored the final three points on free throws to give Minnesota a six-point lead at halftime.
Beringer finished with four points in 16 minutes off the bench despite playing with a broken nose that he sustained two nights earlier against the New Orleans Pelicans.
–Field Level Media
