MIN vs UTA Dream11: Minnesota Timberwolves face Utah Jazz for the second time in a matter of few days at Target Center, Minnesota, on Thursday morning (IST).
Timberwolves won the reverse fixture 102-112 at Vivint Smart Home Arena, handing the Jazz its first home defeat of the season. Karl-Anthony Towns had a game to remember in every sense. Not only he dropped a game-high double-double with 29 points and 13 rebounds, but he also had a phenomenal game from beyond the arc, ending the match with 15 attempts from the 3-point range, a franchise record.
The Wolves went 8-6 on the season with a win, and sit just one-game behind Jazz on the points table. It was also Wolves’ first win in three games.
As mentioned above, the Jazz suffered their first home defeat of the season in the last game, so the visitors may come into the game with the extra motivation to avenge the loss.
The Jazz are one a two-game losing streak now and sit 6th in the Western Conference. They are 6-4 in the last 10 games and 2-4 on the road this season.
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Match details:
Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz
Venue: Target Center
Match Timing: November 21, @ 06:30 AM
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Captain options:
Karl-Anthony Towns: Had a phenomenal game against Jazz and will be pushing for another solid display here. He is more than capable of keeping high standards. He is averaging 27.0 points per game this season.
Donovan Mitchell: Challenging Towns for the best player title in this game will be Utah Jazz’s superstar Donovan Mitchell, after all, he is enjoying his career-best return so far.
Andrew Wiggins: Talking about the career-best return, Andrew Wiggins is one such player on Timberwolves’ roster who is having a very productive season. He averaged 25.9 points per game.
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Minnesota Timberwolves team news:
Ruled out: Shabazz Napier (Due to muscle injury).
Game-time-decision: Andrew Wiggins. He is suffering from an illness.
Utah Jazz team news:
Ruled out: Ed Davis remains a long-term injury absentee for the Jazz. No other injury problems to contend with for the visitors from the last game.
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Minnesota Timberwolves: Robert Covington, Jake Layman, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jeff Teague, Treveon Graham
Utah Jazz: Bojan Bogdanovich, Royce O’Neale, Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley Jr., Donovan Mitchell
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Likely squads:
Minnesota Timberwolves: Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, Jeff Teague, Keita Bates-Diop, Jordan Bell, Robert Covington, Jarrett Culver, Gorgui Dieng, Treveon Graham, Jake Layman, Kelan Martin, Jordan McLaughlin, Jordan Murphy, Shabazz Napier, Jaylen Nowell, Josh Okogie, Naz Reid, Noah Vonleh, Tyrone Wallace, Lindell Wigginton
Utah Jazz: Rudy Gober, Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Tony Bradley, Royce O’Neale, Joe Ingles, Dante Exum, Georges Niang, Miye Oni, Bojan Bogdanović, Jarrell Brantle, Justin Wright-Foreman, Nigel Williams-Goss, Emmanuel Mudiay, Jeff Green, Ed Davis, Stanton Kidd
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Team 1:
PG: J Teague
SG: D Mitchell
SF: B Bogdanovic
PF: R Covington, R O’Neale, J Green
C: K Towns (SP), T Bradley
Team 2:
PG: J Teague
SG: D Mitchell
SF: J Okogie, J Ingles
PF: R Covington, R O’Neale, J Green
C: K Towns (SP)