Takeaways: Timberwolves, playing without Anthony Edwards, fall to Grizzlies 116-110

The Timberwolves have been able to find ways to win in recent weeks, both with key personnel out and while not playing their best basketball.

Even though Memphis was more shorthanded coming into Target Center on Wednesday night, the Wolves and Grizzlies were in a rock fight, with neither team shooting particularly well.

In a game the Wolves would like to have back, the Grizzlies came away with a 116-110 victory. Jock Landale hit a dagger three-pointer to put Memphis up 109-103 with 1 minutes, 9 seconds left.

Wolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards sat out because of a foot injury.

After falling behind in the third, the Wolves couldn’t overtake the Grizzlies, who held a small lead throughout the fourth. The Wolves shot 40% (30% from three-point range) with multiple scorers having off nights. Julius Randle was 9-for-21 (21 points), Donte DiVincenzo 6-for-16 (19 points) and Naz Reid 6-for-16 (16 points). Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 16 rebounds.

The Wolves had 17 turnovers.

Jaren Jackson Jr. had 28 points for Memphis along with tough defense against the Wolves at the rim. Landale finished with 20 points. The Grizzlies were without Ja Morant and Zach Edey, among others.

DiVincenzo was 3-for-6 as the Wolves opened a 76-67 lead. But with the Wolves going to a triple big lineup to combat some of the size from Memphis, the Grizzlies went on a 14-0 run.

Wolves coach Chris Finch called a pair of timeouts during the run, but the Wolves couldn’t get on track defensively. Jaden McDaniels was 3-for-4, and the rest of the team was 1-for-13.

The Wolves had plenty of energy and hustle in the early going, but they couldn’t get shots to fall. Randle opened 2-for-10, and the Wolves shot just 11-for-28 (39%) in the first quarter.

A good portion of their scoring came via second-chance points. They scored 11 of their 27 first-quarter points that way. Gobert had seven rebounds in all, three on the offensive end.

With the Wolves struggling to score, they got a lift from their bench in the second quarter. Reid finished the first half with 11 points while Terrence Shannon and Rob Dillingham each hit a pair of buckets as the Wolves opened up a 38-31 lead, their largest lead of the night. But the Wolves couldn’t build on that lead, as Jackson scored 17 in the first half and the Grizzlies had 12 second-chance points in the first half.