Teammates rush in as fiery Ingles erupts

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Australian NBA prima Joe Ingles was progressive successful a heated speech with Minnesota Timberwolves guardant Jake Layman during Utah's 128-116 triumph today.

Ingles got a method aft helium took objection to the mode Layman fouled him successful the 2nd quarter.

The 34-year-old, who finished with 16 points and a season-high 3 steals, got into the look of Layman with the brace exchanging words earlier Ingles' teammates held him backmost to forestall a scuffle.

Moments aft receiving the method foul, Ingles, a vocation 41 per cent three-point shooter, drilled a 3 close successful the look of Layman.

The speech betwixt Ingles and Layman near galore fans flocking to societal media to react.

Meanwhile, superstar defender Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points for the Jazz, portion large antheral Rudy Gobert had 20 points and 17 rebounds.

Seven Timberwolves — comprising astir of the team's halfway — were inactive owed wellness and information protocols: Patrick Beverly, Anthony Edwards, Karl Anthony Towns, Jarred Vanderbilt, Josh Okogie, Taurean Prince and McKinley Wright.

Minnesota made 17 3s and changeable 38 per cent from agelong range, contempt going acold successful the 4th quarter.

At the different end, the Jazz were capable to get immoderate they wanted with a bevy of lobs, drives to the handbasket and wide-open 3-pointers. Utah changeable 53 per cent from the field.

Meanwhile, Australian teen prima Josh Giddey continued his blistery tally of signifier contempt his Oklahoma City Thunder going down to rubric hopefuls Phoenix 113-101.

Giddey finished with 17 points connected 7-17 from the tract portion adding six rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

His teammate Shai Gilgeous Alexander had 29 points for the Thunder, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. The Thunder changeable conscionable 38.5 per cent from the tract and 26.8 per cent from three-point range.

Josh Giddey beats Jae Crowder disconnected the dribble and finishes with a bucket

The Thunder proved a pugnacious hostile for overmuch of the nighttime and rallied for a 48-45 halftime pb aft trailing by arsenic galore arsenic 15 points. Oklahoma City closed the 2nd 4th connected a 24-8 run.

"From wherever we person travel from astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth to now, 30 games later, you tin decidedly spot improvements," Giddey said. "Earlier successful the twelvemonth that 15-point pb would person gone to 30. Now we are capable to benignant of power those leads and upwind the storm.

"You've got to instrumentality positives retired of games similar this ... We fought our mode back."

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