There was a point during Thursday’s game between the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves when you could almost feel the back-to-back blues setting in.
After the Jazz had pushed their lead to double digits at multiple points during the first half, a Tyus Jones layup brought the Wovles to within one at 71-70 with eight minutes to go in the third quarter, and Karl-Anthony Towns looked to be heating up. If Jim Ross was calling the game, he might have said “business is picking up!”
Instead, much as they did in the Valley of the Sun 24 hours earlier, the Jazz clamped down and took care of their business against a T-Wolves team that had their own issues.