Wolves 110, Jazz 103 E-mail
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Monday, 31 March 2008
Al Jefferson had 22 points and eight rebounds and Rashad McCants scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half of Minnesota's 110-103 victory Sunday over a Utah team that just can't seem to win on the road.
 
Corey Brewer tied a career high with 16 points and had seven rebounds for the Timberwolves, who have now beaten the Jazz at home twice this season, losses that are inexcusable for a team that hopes to contend for the Western Conference crown.
 
 
 
Wolves record: 19-53
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Wolves improved to 15-12 when leading at the start of the fourth quarter.
 
"Early in the year, that was a big problem for us," Wolves forward Al Jefferson said about closing out games. "We're growing up. We're getting better and better. Beat a team like this two times in a row at home, that says lot."
 
The latest victory over the short-handed Jazz, who played without starters Andrei Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur, came in large part because the Wolves held their composure.
 
 
 
Wittman kept reserves Rashad McCants and Kirk Snyder, moved out of the starting lineup Sunday after 13 consecutive starts, on the floor for the entire fourth quarter and paired them down the stretch with Jefferson, Ryan Gomes and Marko Jaric, who moved from shooting guard to play point guard against Williams, Utah's sizable point guard.
 
McCants vexed Utah's defense repeatedly on pick-and-roll plays, and Snyder led the way with the hustle plays.
 
 

Behind a balanced offense and some feisty defense, the Wolves beat Utah 108-103 for the second-straight time this season in Minneapolis. The two biggest plays of the game for the Wolves came first on a Marko Jaric three with 2:20 remaining, and second when Kirk Snyder slithered in for an and-1 with 45 seconds left to put Minnesota up 104-98.
 
That is, until Rashad McCants responded to a Carlos Boozer layup with a 17-foot jumper with 16.1 seconds left to ice the game and stick a mini-wrench in Utah's push for playoff seeding.

 
 
For this one game, it seems as if Corey Brewer learned how to play in the offense by sitting on the bench behind Kirk Snyder. Snyder has played well since arriving in Minnesota, but in his first start in awhile, Brewer showed he has made strides in his development. Again, there is much more to do, but Brewer is on his way. 
 

 
The Wolves ended the month with their seventh victory in March, and their first over a team with a winning record bound for the playoffs. They did it by winning for a fourth consecutive time after took a lead into the fourth quarter, a particularly troublesome situation for them earlier in the season when they lost eight of their first 13 games when they led after three quarters. 
 
 
 



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