Two Western Conference playoff hopefuls will do battle on Wednesday night as the Minnesota Timberwolves travel to Utah to take on the Jazz. Minnesota currently sits in the eighth spot in the conference standings as the season nears the all-star break. Meanwhile, the Jazz continue to stay in the hunt for a playoff spot as they sit in tenth place in the standings. The opening tap for this Western Conference battle is schedule for 9:00 PM EST.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves continue to remain in playoff contention despite playing without Karl-Anthony Towns for 36 games and counting this season. In fact, the T-Wolves were 10-11 with Towns in the lineup this season but are two games over .500 without him. This will be the second game of a back-to-back for the T-Wolves after playing at Denver on Tuesday night in the second straight matchup with the Western Conference's leading team. The T-Wolves blasted Denver on Sunday, 128-98, as they benefitted from a Nuggets team playing without reigning MVP Nikola Jokic. With Jokic back in the lineup on Tuesday night, things went quite differently as the Nuggets trounced Minnesota. Anthony Edwards led the Wolves in scoring but the game was out of reach by halftime, with the Nuggets leading by 30. Minnesota is now 6-4 in its last ten games.
that crossover was nastyyy y ?? pic.twitter.com/9yf7FIrGoQ
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) February 8, 2023
In a season that Minnesota was supposed to go against the norm with a twin tower tandem of Towns and newest acquisition Rudy Gobert, the team has instead become a much more traditional team with one post player surrounded by wings. Minnesota is 11th in the NBA in scoring offense thus far. The Wolves are fourth in field goal percentage but just 19th in 3pt field goal percentage. With D'Angelo Russell more of a scorer than a traditional point guard, it isn't much of a surprise that the Wolves are 28th in turnovers. Minnesota has the 19th ranked scoring defense this season and ranks 9th in opposing field goal percentage. The Wolves are 24th in 3pt defense. The Wolves are ranked 23rd in total rebounding.
Key Injuries: Towns remains out with a calf injury. F Kyle Anderson missed last night's game with back spasms and G Austin Rivers will serve the final game of his three-game suspension.
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