The Minnesota Timberwolves (1-0, 1-0 Home) play host to the Utah Jazz (1-0, 0-0 Away) Friday at Target Center. Utah dismantled the Denver Nuggets 123-102 at Vivint Arena on Wednesday. Collin Sexton was the scoring leader with 20 points. Lauri Markkanen chipped in with 17 points. Minnesota found victory on Wednesday at Target Center, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-108. Rudy Gobert had 23 points and 16 rebounds to lead the team. Utah won three out of four games between the teams last season, though Minnesota took the last meeting 126-106 at Target Center on January 30. Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with a triple double, posting 31 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bojan Bogdanovic had 23 points in the losing effort. The Jazz were led last season by Donovan Mitchell, now with Cleveland, who averaged 25.9 points per game. Jordan Clarkson is the team’s top returning scorer after posting 16.0 per game. Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert grabbed 14.7 rebounds per game, and Mike Conley dished 5.3 assists. Towns powered the T’Wolves’ offense last season, averaging 24.6 points per game. Towns also posted 9.8 rebounds per game. D’Angelo Russell recorded 7.1 assists to lead the team. The Jazz have had the advantage in recent games at Target Center, winning six of the last 10.
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