What To Watch For: Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Utah Jazz
By Ben Beecken
The Timberwolves will face the Jazz for the fourth and final time this season on Easter Sunday at Target Center as both teams jostle for playoff position in the Western Conference.
The last time the Timberwolves and Jazz squared-off, there were fireworks.
From Karl-Anthony Towns‘ ejection after receiving two rapid technical fouls to Jeff Teague‘s ejection for knocking Ricky Rubio to the floor, to Jae Crowder and Tom Thibodeau going toe-to-toe in a bizarre case of coach vs. player … it was a weird game.
This time around, the Timberwolves are, apparently, ready to rumble.
When a reporter asked KAT whether there’s still animosity from their last matchup with the Jazz:
— Tim Faklis (@timfaklis) March 31, 2018
“What do you think?”
Truthfully, it’s hard to argue that the Wolves were anything but instigators in the previous match-up. Other than Rubio being Rubio and playing hard and with a sense of urgency and Crowder electing to engage Thibodeau in a verbal back-and-forth, it’s tough to be too upset with the way the Jazz handled things.
Two of the main actors in the sudden Wolves-Jazz drama are questionable to suite up for this one, however. Rubio is questionable with hamstring soreness after missing Utah’s win over the Grizzlies on Friday night. Teague is a game time decision and apparently sat out the fourth quarter of Friday’s win in Dallas due to an unspecified injury. Jimmy Butler remains out while Derrick Rose is, like Teague, a game time decision.
Let’s take a look at what to watch for on Sunday evening at Target Center.