The Timberwolves had a chance these past two games to make up some ground on a team ahead of them in the Western Conference standings with a pair of games against Utah.
But the Wolves lost Friday night in an emotionally-charged contest and then fell again Sunday as their defense couldn’t stop Utah in the fourth quarter of a 125-111 loss at Target Center.
Utah shot an efficient 18 of 29 in the fourth and the Wolves let a strong shooting night from 3-point range (17 of 36) go to waste.
Ricky Rubio haunted his former team with an efficient 18 points and eight assists while Donovan Mitchell overcame a choppy first half to finish with 29.