Jazz And Timberwolves Starting Lineups

The Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves have announced their starting lineups for Friday's game.

On Friday evening, the Minnesota Timberwolves are hosting the Utah Jazz at the Target Center.  

Both teams picked up a win in their first games of the season on Wednesday evening. 

For Friday's game, the two teams have announced their starting lineups as relayed by Underdog NBA. 

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Jazz will start Conley, Clarkson, Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Olynyk on Friday.

Lineup alert: Jazz will start Conley, Clarkson, Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Olynyk on Friday.

— Underdog NBA (@Underdog__NBA) October 21, 2022

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Wolves will start Russell, Edwards, McDaniels, Towns, Gobert on Friday."

In their first game, the Timberwolves knocked off the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Rudy Gobert had 23 points and 16 rebounds in his Timberwolves debut.

The All-Star center was traded from the Jazz to the Timberwolves over the offseason, so he did not have to wait long before playing his former team. 

Last season, the Timberwolves made the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2018.

As for the Jazz, they are coming off a surprising blowout win over the Denver Nuggets. 

They won the game by a score of 123-102 and were led by Collin Sexton, who had 20 points. 

Seven players on the Jazz scored in double-digits, which shows that it was a total team effort. 

Currently, the roster has talent, but they are in the stages of a rebuild as they traded away Gobert and Donovan Mitchell (their two best players) over the offseason. 

Both Mitchell and Gobert had never played for any other team than the Jazz. 

Following this game, the Jazz will go to New Orleans to play the Pelicans on Sunday, while the Timberwolves are headed to Oklahoma City to play the Thunder on the same night.