Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 points (12 in the fourth quarter, on 2 3-pointers, 2 layups and 2 free throws), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Utah Jazz 115-100 for their fourth straight win.
LaMelo Ball’s 3-pointer put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 6:37 left in the third quarter.
Ball scored 24 points, and Bones Hyland added 14 points off the bench. Ball went 3 for 5 on pull-up 3-pointers. Pull-up 3-pointers have been 16% of his shots since 2022-23, more than twice the league’s rate, and he has made 33.4% of them (the league: 33.6%).
For the Jazz, Darryn Peterson scored a career-high 26 points. Jaxson Hayes scored 18 points (12 in the paint). Keyonte George had 19 points and 8 assists.
The Timberwolves shot 49.4% from the field and 37.5% from 3 to the Jazz’s 42.5% and 29.2%. The Jazz took 24 of their 87 shots from 3 (28%), the lowest share of their season. They had averaged 43%. The Timberwolves’ starters were outscored 32-18 in 11 minutes together.