Timberwolves 116-111 Jazz (Dec 26, 2020) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

2-0, 1-0 away

116

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	31	37	20	28	116
UTAH	27	26	26	32	111

Utah Jazz

1-1, 0-1 home

111

Rudy Gobert makes 3-foot dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Mike Conley assists)
Rudy Gobert misses 14-foot two point shot
Mike Conley makes driving layup (Rudy Gobert assists)
Donovan Mitchell misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Bojan Bogdanovic 's 4-foot driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Bojan Bogdanovic 's 2-foot driving layup
Donovan Mitchell makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
Bojan Bogdanovic makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Mike Conley assists)
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Joe Ingles makes 22-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Joe Ingles misses 10-foot two point shot
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 9-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Derrick Favors's layup
Donovan Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Joe Ingles misses 24-foot jumper
Derrick Favors makes dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Jordan Clarkson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Royce O'Neale misses tip shot
Jordan Clarkson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Mike Conley makes 27-foot three point jumper
Joe Ingles makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
Joe Ingles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson makes 2-foot two point shot
Mike Conley misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Jordan Clarkson misses 8-foot two point shot
Bojan Bogdanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derrick Favors assists)
Derrick Favors misses layup
Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot
Donovan Mitchell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot
Rudy Gobert misses layup
Royce O'Neale makes 2-foot two point shot
Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Royce O'Neale makes 28-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Joe Ingles makes driving layup (Rudy Gobert assists)
Joe Ingles misses 23-foot three point jumper
Royce O'Neale misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley makes 7-foot jumper (Royce O'Neale assists)
Mike Conley makes 9-foot two point shot
Mike Conley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Donovan Mitchell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derrick Favors assists)
Bojan Bogdanovic misses three point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 6-foot jump bank shot
Josh Okogie blocks Donovan Mitchell 's 3-foot driving layup
Mike Conley misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Mike Conley misses 14-foot two point shot
Bojan Bogdanovic makes tip shot
Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Donovan Mitchell misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joe Ingles misses three point jumper
Donovan Mitchell misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson misses two point shot
Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
Donovan Mitchell makes two point shot
Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
Rudy Gobert makes dunk
Donovan Mitchell makes driving layup
Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
Rudy Gobert makes dunk
Mike Conley makes driving layup
Jordan Clarkson makes 7-foot two point shot
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 7-foot two point shot
Mike Conley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson makes 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Clarkson makes 25-foot three pointer
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jordan Clarkson 's 4-foot layup
Jordan Clarkson makes driving layup
Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses tip shot
Donovan Mitchell misses driving layup
Rudy Gobert misses layup
Donovan Mitchell makes two point shot
Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)
Donovan Mitchell misses 9-foot two point shot
Bojan Bogdanovic misses driving layup
Donovan Mitchell makes 25-foot three pointer
Donovan Mitchell makes 29-foot three point jumper (Bojan Bogdanovic assists)
Donovan Mitchell misses 29-foot three point shot
Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Mike Conley assists)
Donovan Mitchell misses layup
Rudy Gobert makes dunk
Donovan Mitchell misses 66-foot three point jumper
Josh Okogie misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Donovan Mitchell blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 6-foot driving layup
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jake Layman assists)
Josh Okogie misses 7-foot two point shot
Josh Okogie makes tip shot
Malik Beasley misses driving floating jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 22-foot jumper
Malik Beasley misses 6-foot jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic blocks Malik Beasley 's 3-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley makes two point shot
Malik Beasley misses 4-foot jump bank shot
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jarrett Culver makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 6-foot two point shot
Naz Reid misses driving layup
Ricky Rubio makes 23-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Naz Reid misses driving layup
Naz Reid makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Ricky Rubio makes step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Juancho Hernangomez misses tip shot
Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Malik Beasley makes 6-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses two point shot
Jarrett Culver makes 22-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jarrett Culver makes three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jarrett Culver makes 2-foot dunk
D'Angelo Russell makes 27-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Malik Beasley makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses jumper
Malik Beasley misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot hook shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot jumper
Josh Okogie misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards makes 5-foot two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot two point shot
Josh Okogie misses layup
Josh Okogie makes tip shot
Anthony Edwards makes 14-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Ricky Rubio misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Jarrett Culver makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Jarrett Culver misses 6-foot jump bank shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Donovan Mitchell blocks Naz Reid's two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Naz Reid misses 33-foot three point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 15-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley makes two point shot
Ricky Rubio makes 2-foot two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses driving layup
Ricky Rubio misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 12-foot hook shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Malik Beasley makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Okogie makes dunk
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Rudy Gobert blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 7-foot driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Jarrett Culver misses tip shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
D'Angelo Russell makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
D'Angelo Russell misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Ricky Rubio misses 24-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 18-foot jumper
Josh Okogie makes 1-foot dunk (Naz Reid assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
Malik Beasley makes 8-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

JAZZ

TIME		MIN	UTAH
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Rudy Gobert (Donovan Mitchell gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Rudy Gobert makes 3-foot dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)	0	2
11:21	Josh Okogie misses driving layup	0	2
11:18	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	0	2
11:14	Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Mike Conley assists)	0	4
10:55	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot two point shot	0	4
10:53	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	0	4
10:39	Rudy Gobert misses 14-foot two point shot	0	4
10:36	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	4
10:28	D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot two point shot	2	4
10:09	Mike Conley makes driving layup (Rudy Gobert assists)	2	6
10:03	D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	6
10:00	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	2	6
9:43	Donovan Mitchell misses 23-foot step back jumpshot	2	6
9:41	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	2	6
9:35	Donovan Mitchell blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 6-foot driving layup	2	6
9:35	Jazz defensive team rebound	2	6
9:20	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Bojan Bogdanovic 's 4-foot driving layup	2	6
9:17	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	2	6
9:12	Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	6
9:09	Mike Conley defensive rebound	2	6
9:06	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Bojan Bogdanovic 's 2-foot driving layup	2	6
9:06	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	2	6
8:59	D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jake Layman assists)	5	6
8:41	Rudy Gobert offensive foul	5	6
8:41	Rudy Gobert turnover	5	6
8:25	Josh Okogie misses 7-foot two point shot	5	6
8:19	Josh Okogie offensive rebound	5	6
8:19	Josh Okogie makes tip shot	7	6
8:14	Donovan Mitchell out of bounds bad pass turnover	7	6
8:05	Malik Beasley misses driving floating jump shot	7	6
8:02	Royce O'Neale defensive rebound	7	6
7:51	Donovan Mitchell makes 14-foot step back jumpshot	7	8
7:38	D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot jumper	9	8
7:24	Bojan Bogdanovic makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Mike Conley assists)	9	10
7:16	Joe Ingles enters the game for Mike Conley	9	10
7:16	Derrick Favors enters the game for Rudy Gobert	9	10
7:16	Jarrett Culver enters the game for Josh Okogie	9	10
7:14	D'Angelo Russell vs. Donovan Mitchell (Bojan Bogdanovic gains possession)	9	10
7:14	Jake Layman lost ball turnover (Donovan Mitchell steals)	9	10
7:10	Royce O'Neale out of bounds lost ball turnover	9	10
7:00	D'Angelo Russell misses 22-foot jumper	9	10
7:00	Jazz defensive team rebound	9	10
7:00	Jazz Full timeout	9	10
6:48	Bojan Bogdanovic misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	10
6:42	Royce O'Neale offensive rebound	9	10
6:41	Royce O'Neale bad pass (Jake Layman steals)	9	10
6:37	Malik Beasley misses 6-foot jumper	9	10
6:36	Malik Beasley offensive rebound	9	10
6:35	Bojan Bogdanovic blocks Malik Beasley 's 3-foot two point shot	9	10
6:30	Malik Beasley offensive rebound	9	10
6:29	Malik Beasley makes two point shot	11	10
6:28	Malik Beasley shooting foul	11	10
6:28	Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2	11	11
6:28	Donovan Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2	11	12
6:12	Donovan Mitchell defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	11	12
6:12	Malik Beasley makes technical free throw	12	12
6:12	Anthony Edwards enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	12	12
6:12	Ricky Rubio enters the game for Jake Layman	12	12
5:58	Malik Beasley misses 4-foot jump bank shot	12	12
5:56	Royce O'Neale defensive rebound	12	12
5:51	Joe Ingles makes 22-foot three point jumper (Donovan Mitchell assists)	12	15
5:40	Derrick Favors shooting foul	12	15
5:40	Malik Beasley makes free throw 1 of 2	13	15
5:40	Malik Beasley makes free throw 2 of 2	14	15
5:29	Donovan Mitchell bad pass (Anthony Edwards steals)	14	15
5:27	Donovan Mitchell shooting foul	14	15
5:27	Jarrett Culver misses free throw 1 of 2	14	15
5:27	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	14	15
5:27	Jarrett Culver makes free throw 2 of 2	15	15
5:14	Joe Ingles bad pass (Karl-Anthony Towns steals)	15	15
5:06	Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot	18	15
4:46	Joe Ingles misses 10-foot two point shot	18	15
4:42	Jarrett Culver defensive rebound	18	15
4:35	Jarrett Culver makes driving layup	20	15
4:25	Bojan Bogdanovic misses 9-foot two point shot	20	15
4:23	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	20	15
4:19	Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	22	15
4:02	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Derrick Favors's layup	22	15
4:02	Jazz offensive team rebound	22	15
4:02	Jordan Clarkson enters the game for Bojan Bogdanovic	22	15
4:00	Donovan Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	15
3:58	Jazz offensive team rebound	22	15
3:58	Ricky Rubio loose ball foul	22	15
3:45	Joe Ingles misses 24-foot jumper	22	15
3:43	Jarrett Culver defensive rebound	22	15
3:36	Anthony Edwards makes driving layup	24	15
3:25	Derrick Favors makes dunk (Donovan Mitchell assists)	24	17
3:07	Derrick Favors shooting foul	24	17
3:07	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	25	17
3:07	Mike Conley enters the game for Derrick Favors	25	17
3:07	Rudy Gobert enters the game for Donovan Mitchell	25	17
3:07	D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Malik Beasley	25	17
3:07	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	26	17
2:50	Jordan Clarkson misses 24-foot three point jumper	26	17
2:47	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	26	17
2:46	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	26	17
2:46	Timberwolves Full timeout	26	17
2:46	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	26	17
2:46	Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2	26	18
2:46	Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2	26	19
2:35	Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper	26	19
2:32	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	26	19
2:21	Mike Conley misses 18-foot step back jumpshot	26	19
2:16	Royce O'Neale offensive rebound	26	19
2:16	Royce O'Neale misses tip shot	26	19
2:16	Royce O'Neale offensive rebound	26	19
2:03	Jordan Clarkson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot	26	19
2:00	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	26	19
1:54	Anthony Edwards makes 6-foot two point shot	28	19
1:40	Jarrett Culver personal foul	28	19
1:40	Georges Niang enters the game for Royce O'Neale	28	19
1:34	Mike Conley makes 27-foot three point jumper	28	22
1:15	Naz Reid misses driving layup	28	22
1:13	Joe Ingles defensive rebound	28	22
1:09	Joe Ingles makes 26-foot step back jumpshot	28	25
44.4	Ricky Rubio makes 23-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	31	25
28.2	Mike Conley back court turnover	31	25
28.2	Malik Beasley enters the game for Naz Reid	31	25
28.2	Karl-Anthony Towns enters the game for Jarrett Culver	31	25
13.4	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive foul	31	25
13.4	Karl-Anthony Towns turnover	31	25
13.4	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	31	25
13.4	Jarrett Culver enters the game for Malik Beasley	31	25
1.7	Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot (Mike Conley assists)	31	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	27

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Timberwolves
116
Jazz
111

Game 1

12/26

Timberwolves
101
Jazz
96

Game 2

4/24

Jazz
104
Timberwolves
105

Game 3

4/26

Delta Center

9:00 PM, December 26, 2020

Salt Lake City, UT

Attendance: 1,932

Referees:
Tony Brown
Leon Wood
Matt Myers

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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