Much is made of Minnesota's many injuries. But Utah is down to its fourth-string shooting guard with Alec Burks, Rodney Hood and Patrick Christopher all out. The Jazz also lost center Enes Kanter last night in their 98-92 home loss to the Hawks. Kanter suffered an ankle injury leaving Utah thin up front, too, along with the backcourt.



Due to their guard injuries, Trey Burke had to log 39 minutes against the Hawks and his arms obviously were weary because he missed a mind-boggling 19 of 21 shots from the field, including all 11 of his 3-point attempts. The Jazz didn't mail in this game either. They had a strong fourth quarter comeback that fell short.



Now the Jazz have to make the trek to wintery Minnesota less than 24 hours after falling to the Hawks. Utah has failed to cover six of the last eight times it has played on zero rest. The Timberwolves, losers of 10 in a row, may seem like the perfect patsy but they are not. They have covered four in a row, have some young talent and rank seventh in fast break points. They will run on the tired Jazz, who are down a key rebounder with Kanter sidelined.



Minnesota also has covered in four of its last five versus Utah and have revenge for a 100-94 loss to the Jazz in Salt Lake City this past Tuesday.