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MINNEAPOLIS -- The struggling Minnesota Timberwolves finally got to blow off some steam. Nikola Pekovic had 27 points and 14 rebounds in three quarters and the Timberwolves blasted the Utah Jazz, 98-72 on Saturday night. Kevin Love had 18 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, and Kevin Martin scored 20 points to help the Wolves snap a three-game losing streak that included losses to Sacramento and Toronto. The Wolves scored 28 points off 16 Utah turnovers and outscored the Jazz 50-18 in the paint for a much-needed blowout. Alec Burks scored 18 points for the Jazz, who trailed by as many as 36 points and shot 28.8 per cent, the worst shooting night in franchise history. Derrick Favours had eight points and 10 boards, but was just 3 for 10 from the field. The Timberwolves hit a season-low three games under .500 with a dispiriting loss in Toronto on Friday night, and a season that started with playoff aspirations was threatening to be done in by a lack of team chemistry and an inability to win close games. They are 0-11 this season in games decided by four points or less, but also lead the league in games in which theyve led by at least 30 points (10). The Jazz were playing again without leading scorer Gordon Hayward, who was out with a strained left hip flexor. And theyve never missed him more. The Jazz missed 20 of their first 26 shots against the team with the worst field goal percentage defence in the league. With just under nine minutes to play in the first half, Favours went up for a dunk but didnt make it high enough and was rejected by the rim. He grabbed the ball, went straight up again, and missed another dunk off the back iron. Incredibly, it only got worse from there. The Jazz made two field goals in the entirety of their nine-point second quarter and went into halftime trailing by 28 points. They went 8 for 39 in the first two quarters, just 20.5 per cent, and managed a season-low 23 points, the second-lowest scoring half for a Wolves opponent in franchise history. How bad was it? Pekovic and Martin combined for 39 points midway through the third quarter. The Jazz had 37. The Timberwolves werent exactly on fire, either. They shot 44 per cent in the first half and missed eight of 19 free throws. But if any team needed a gimme like this one, it was the Wolves. They had lost four of their previous five games to fall to 11th in the Western Conference and were fighting discord in the locker room and plummeting confidence on the court. 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Winnipeg trailed by five points in the final minute when quarterback Drew Willy completed a 13-play, 75-yard drive with Feoli-Gudinos 18-yard touchdown catch on third down to lift the Bombers to a 34-33 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night.LONDON, Ont. - Owen MacDonald scored twice to lead the London Knights to their fifth straight victory, 5-2 over the Peterborough Petes in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday.Christian Dvorak had a power-play goal and two assists for the Knights (20-10-2), who outshot their opponents 45-32. Michael McCarron and Mitchell Marner rounded out the London offence.Josh MacDonald opened the scoring, putting the Petes (10-16-4) on the board at 7:58 of the first period. Jonathan Ang added the other Petes goal.Knights goaltender Tyler Parsons made 30 saves in the victory. Peterboroughs Scott Smith stopped 40 shots in the losing effort.London was 1 for 2 on the power play while the Petes failed to take advantage of three man-advantage situations.---COLTS 6 STEELHEADS 1MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Roy Radke led the charge with two goals and an assist as Barrie downed the Steelheads.Garrett Hooey scored one goal and helped on two more for the Colts (16-11-2), who extended their winning streak to five games. Kevin Labanc, Andrew Mangiapane and Joseph Blandisi also scored.Lucas Venuto had the lone goal for Mississauga (14-15-1).---BATTALION 2 FRONTENACS 1 (OT)NNORTH BAY, Ont.dddddddddddd— Mike Amadio scored a power-play goal 3:50 into overtime to lead the Battalion over Kingston.Zach Poirier also scored for North Bay (16-8-6).Conor McGlynn replied for the Frontenacs (13-12-4) with a short-handed goal at 16:17 of the second period.---GREYHOUNDS 6 SPITFIRES 4SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Blake Speers scored three goals and Bryan Moore had two goals and an assist as the Greyhounds topped Windsor for their fifth-straight win.Jared McCann scored one goal and helped on another for Sault Ste. Marie (24-6-2) while Sergey Tolchinsky tacked on three assists.Slater Doggett scored on a penalty shot for the Spitfires (11-18-1). Trevor Murphy, Ryan Foss, and Ryan Moore supplied the rest of the offence.---GENERALS 3 STORM 2GUELPH, Ont. — Aidan Wallace scored the eventual winner at 2:25 of the third period and Oshawa staved off a late comeback to edge the Storm.Joe Manchurek and Sam Harding also scored for the league-best Generals (25-4-1), who led 3-0 before conceding two Guelph goals.Luke Cairns and Pius Suter found the back of the net for the Storm (19-11-1) and assisted on each others goals.--- ' ' '