The Minnesota Timberwolves entered this game coming off one of their biggest all-around team wins of the season against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Missing Anthony Edwards, along with another game without Jaden McDaniels, more shakeups to the lineup were necessary. After a series of impressive and impactful performances, Troy Brown Jr. slid into Edwards’ spot alongside the starters.
With the Utah Jazz missing offensive engines Jordan Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen, this had all the makings for a Wolves blowout. In the absence of Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns stepped up with a hot offensive start. Before he picked up two offensive fouls, Towns dropped seven points with two effortless post-ups against John Collins and one of his patented top of the key pick-and-pop threes.