POSTGAME NOTES: WOLVES AT JAZZ

 POSTGAME NOTES: WOLVES AT JAZZ

 PLAYER NOTES: 

Karl-Anthony Towns finished the night with 16 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and four blocks, his 25th career 4+ block game. His 16 points and 12 rebounds mark his second double-double of the season. Karl-Anthony Towns played his 360th career game this evening and with his first assist on the night tallied his 1,000th career assist. He now joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (256 games), Elgin Baylor (257 games), Tim Duncan (354 games) and David Robinson (349 games) as the only players in NBA history to record 8,000+ points, 4,000+ rebounds and 1,000+ assists in the first 360 games of their career. At the final buzzer, Anthony Edwards recorded 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting. In his first two games in the NBA, he has scored 33 points, the fourth-most by a Timberwolves rookie in their first two games. Malik Beasley contributed 18 points and six rebounds tonight. Through 16 games with Minnesota, Beasley has tallied 331 points, accounting for the fourth most by a Timberwolves player in their first 16 games with the franchise. Beasley has additionally connected on 53 three pointers, the most three-pointers made through a players first 16 games with the Timberwolves. D’Angelo Russell tallied a team-high 25 points along with six assists. This marks his 68th career 25+ point outing (sixth with Minnesota). In 26:42 minutes, Ricky Rubio recorded nine points and six assists. With his sixth assists, he eclipsed the 3,000 assist mark in a Timberwolves uniform. Jarrett Culver notched 14 points and six rebounds, his second-straight double-digit scoring outing of the season. 

TEAM NOTES: 

With the win, the Timberwolves move to 2-0 on the season for the second year in a row and the eighth time overall. With the win tonight, it marks the first time since 2014 that the Timberwolves have won two straight in Utah. Minnesota connected on 13 shots from deep tonight, their second-straight game with 10+ three pointers. Last season the Timberwolves made 10+ threes on 56 occasions including a streak of 16 games from Dec. 30, 2019 to Jan. 27, 2020. Of those 13 three-pointers, 11 of them came in the first half, marking just the seventh time the Timberwolves have connected on 10+ threes in a first half in team history. The Timberwolves outperformed the Jazz in points in the paint (56-50) and fast break points (16-11).