Minnesota Timberwolves at Utah Jazz Game Thread: Teams going in opposite directions

Two teams enter, one team will leave . . . . and then later on the other team will also leave. But the two teams are the Utah Jazz, playing the 3rd in four nights; and the Minnesota Timberwolves, playing the fourth game of a road trip.

Starters:

• Point Guard: Zach LaVine vs. Trey Burke
  
• Shooting Guard: Andrew Wiggins vs. Rodney Hood
  
• Small Forward: Shabazz Muhammad vs. Gordon Hayward
  
• Power Forward: Thaddeus Young vs. Enes Kanter
  
• Center: Gorgui Dieng vs. Derrick Favors

Bench:

• Trevor Booker (UTA)
  
• Rudy Gobert (UTA)
  
• Dante Exum (UTA)
  
• Uggghhhh (UTA)
  
• Chase Budinger (MIN)
  
• Mo Williams (MIN)
  
• Robbie Hummel? (MIN)
  
• Anthony Bennett (MIN)
  

Injuries:

• Alec Burks (UTA) -- out, will have season ending shoulder surgery tomorrow
  
• Ricky Rubio (MIN) -- out, sprained left ankle
• Kevin Martin (MIN) -- out, fractured right wrist
• Nikola Pekovic (MIN) -- out, sore right foot, and sprained right ankle
• Mo Williams (MIN) -- will play, is #MOLO

This is the last game thread of 2014, and for all the posts we've produced, I can freely say this is amongst my worst.

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GO JAZZ GO!