Timberwolves beat Jazz for 3rd time this season, 105-104

<p>MINNEAPOLIS &mdash; D’Angelo Russell had a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied to beat the Utah Jazz 105-104 on Monday night.</p>
<p>Mike Conley gave Utah a 104-103 lead with 6.4 seconds left, but Ricky Rubio found Russell for a layup on the ensuing possession. Conley then lost the ball in a scramble on the Jazz’s final possession as time expired.</p>
<p>Minnesota, which started the day tied for the second-fewest wins in the NBA, handed the league-leading Jazz another loss. The Timberwolves (18-44) went 3-0 against Utah (44-17) this season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it’s the first time in NBA history a team with a win percentage below .300 swept a series of at least three games against a team with a win percentage of at least .700.</p>
<p>Anthony Edwards added 14 points for Minnesota, which has won four of its last six games.</p>
<p>Conley had 26 points and Rudy Gobert added 18 points for Utah. The Jazz, playing their fifth straight game without leading scorer Donovan Mitchell, have lost three of five.</p>
<p>Utah shot 38.9% from the field and 16 of 57 (28.1%) from 3-point range against Minnesota.</p>
<p>The Jazz looked set to avenge a 101-96 loss to the Wolves in Utah on Saturday. They closed the first quarter on a 30-12 run and led by 18 points early in the second period.</p>
<p>Then, just like it did Saturday, Minnesota came back in the second.</p>
<p>Russell, coming off the bench since returning from knee surgery, got the cold-shooting Wolves started. He scored 15 points in the second and hit six 3s in the first half. He connected on three straight from beyond the arc to finish off a 32-9 run that gave Minnesota the lead.</p>
<p>The Wolves led by as many as 13 in the fourth before the Jazz closed strong.</p>
<p>TIP-INS</p>
<p>Jazz: Mitchell missed his fifth straight game with a right ankle sprain. Utah is 5-3 without Mitchell this season. … Joe Ingles started the day with a league-best 48.7% shooting percentage from 3. </p>
<p>Timberwolves: Russell’s six 3s tied a franchise record for most 3s in a half. The franchise record for made 3-pointers in a game is eight, last done by Kevin Love in 2013. … Minnesota came back from down 17 points on Saturday in Utah, its third-largest comeback of the season. The Wolves have come back from at least 15 points five times since the All-Star break.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Jazz: Continue their three-game trip on Wednesday at Sacramento.</p>
<p>Timberwolves: Travel to Houston to finish a back-to-back on Tuesday.</p>
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