The shorthanded Minnesota Timberwolves fought from start to finish and handed the Utah Jazz their first loss at Vivint SmartHome Arena thus far in the young season.
Despite missing Andrew Wiggins and Shabazz Napier and losing Jake Layman just before halftime to a foot injury, the Wolves used timely 3-pointers from Karl-Anthony Towns, key bench minutes from Gorgui Dieng, solid start-to-finish play from Robert Covington, and an awesome performance by two-way player Kelan Martin to put the Jazz away.
The Wolves had a solid scheme early, which basically consisted of Karl-Anthony Towns staying beyond the arc and launching threes to keep Gobert out of the paint.