The Utah Jazz (33 - 41) routed the Minnesota Timberwolves (16 - 58), 104 - 84, on Monday at the Target Center. Utah took a 10 - point lead into the half, but turned this contest into a blowout in the third quarter. The Jazz outscored the short - handed Timberwolves 31 - 17 in the third and led by as many as 27 in the game. Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with 22 points and Trey Burke added 19 off the bench to help secure the victory. With Monday's win, the Jazz win the season series with the Timberwolves 3 - 1. Utah finished March with a 10 - 6 record, holding opponents to under 100 points in all but three of those games. Derrick Favors, who has been having an excellent second half of the season, sat out of this game with back spasms despite being able to participate in Monday's shootaround. Trevor Booker filled in at power forward and had a Favors-like stat line of 17 points and 13 rebounds. Rodney Hood left the contest with concussion - like symptoms and did not return. The Jazz will return to action Wednesday against the Nuggets. Minnesota was once again without several of its regular starters Monday and was outmatched. The Timberwolves were missing Ricky Rubio, Kevin Martin, Gorgui Dieng, and Gary Neal and Nikola Pekovic was ruled out for the rest of the season earlier on Monday. The eight players Minnesota had at its disposal Monday finished with a 36 percent field goal percentage, making just 28 - of - 76 of their shots from the field. Zach Lavine made another start at point guard and posted 21 points, six assists, and five rebounds. Robbie Hummel had nine points and seven rebounds in his second game back after a broken hand sidelined him for 29 games. The Timberwolves will return to action Wednesday against Toronto.
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