The Minnesota Timberwolves picked up a dominant 138-113 road win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night, but the celebration was dampened by unfortunate Julius Randle news. The Timberwolves forward exited the game in the second quarter with a right groin injury, dealing a potential blow to his team’s season.
After reaching the Western Conference Finals last season, the Timberwolves find themselves quickly at the precipice again. Much of this was by their own design; before the season began they disrupted everything they had built by trading Karl-Anthony Towns for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are struggling to build chemistry this season after cornerstone forward Karl-Anthony Towns was traded to New York in the offseason.
Keep an eye on Minnesota in a Butler deal. In the offseason, the Heat were one of the teams that expressed interest in trading for Julius Randle, per SNY sources. Randle has remained on the
Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert reacts to an object nearly hitting him in the first half of Monday's game versus the Hawks.
The acquisition of forward Julius Randle hasn't gone according to plan for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Randle doesn't spread the floor like center Karl-Anthony Towns and hasn't been a good fit next to guard Anthony Edwards,
The 21-19 Minnesota Timberwolves have struggled to get on the same page at times after making a monstrous offseason trade that brought in Julius Randle
Bronny James, the 20-year-old son of 40-year-old LeBron, entered the game for Los Angeles to start the fourth quarter and played the final 12 minutes. He finished with a career-high five points. Rui Hachimura added 22 points, while Shake Milton chipped in 21 points off the bench as the Lakers won their fifth game in six tries.
Imagine how far-fetched the following scenario sounded a month ago in Timberwolves-land: The Wolves defeated the Jazz 138-113 on Thursday behind major contributions off the bench from Rob Dillingham,
Former Jazzman Rudy Gobert scored 16 points and Joe Ingles entered the game to a standing ovation as Minnesota blew out Utah.