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Salt Lake City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) - Gordon Hayward scored 11 of his 26 points in the final quarter, and the Utah Jazz rallied to upend the Timberwolves, 100-94, and send Minnesota to its ninth straight defeat. Trey Burke netted a season-best 26 points for Utah, which finished the game on a 16-2 run. Hayward had 11 of those points, as the Jazz won for the third time in four games. Derrick Favors scored 15, and Enes Kanter tallied 14 points and 12 rebounds in the win. It was really just defense. It seems like everybody made a play on the defensive end whether they were the actual player that deflected the ball and stole it, or someone pressured the pass, or someone denied the pass, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said of the fourth quarter. It was the defense that created a couple easy buckets and gave us a boost. Shabazz Muhammad scored a career-high 30 for Minnesota, which fell to 5-25. Andrew Wiggins totaled 21 points for the Timberwolves, whose only field goal over the final four minutes was a tip-in from Gorgui Dieng. Muhammads 3-pointer extended the Timberwolves to an 82-72 lead with 9:31 left. The visitors were in front 92-84 following Muhammads short jumper with 4:23 to go, but then the Jazz applied the defensive pressure and the Timberwolves crumbled down the stretch. Hayward drained a 3-pointer, and his steal and slam made it a 92-89 game. Burke then hit a jumper. Kanter stole the ball and raced end-to-end for the go-ahead layup with 2:27 left, although replays showed he likely traveled. Haywards steal and layup made it 95-92 before Diengs tip-in came at the 1:21 mark. A pivotal play then occurred when Burke was called for a charging foul after plowing into Thaddeus Young. Replay was used to show that Youngs foot was on the line of the restricted area in the lane, and the call was changed to a block with 1:08 left. Young then fouled Hayward again, and the Jazz forward hit two free throws with 57.2 seconds left for a 97-94 edge. Young missed a jumper at the other end, and the Jazz crashed the offensive glass after misses by Burke and Favors. Hayward made two at the charity stripe with 11.9 seconds left, and following a Minnesota timeout, Favors stole the inbounds pass and went 1-of-2 at the foul line to seal the outcome. The last five minutes we had breakdowns, Minnesota coach Flip Saunders said. We had some of the same situations: we didnt set as good of screens, we missed some free throws late, and we didnt hold screens. Point blank, they got aggressive and we didnt match their intensity. We played more not to lose than [play] to win and we lost more of our aggressiveness. Muhammad had 12 points in the opening quarter, which concluded with Minnesota holding a 27-21 edge. The visitors were up as many as 11 in the period. Utah rallied to hold a 45-44 edge at the half, and the game was tied 72-72 going to the fourth. Game Notes Prior to the game, the Jazz disclosed guard Alec Burks will be out the remainder of the season due to surgery on his left shoulder. Burks, who signed a multi-year contract extension, on Oct. 31, will have the procedure performed by Jazz head orthopaedic team physician, Dr. Travis Maak, on Wednesday ... Minnesota has lost nine in a row on the road and is 2-14 away from the Twin Cities this season. Alex English Jersey . The team said Saturday that the 36-year-old Robidas is expected to miss four to six months, jeopardizing his return this season. He was injured when he slid hard into the boards in the second period of a 2-1 shootout loss to Chicago on Friday. 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Hamilton suffered a nightmare start, falling as low as eighth off the line, but launched a spirited comeback drive to minimise the damage by finishing third at Suzuka.But Hamiltons recovery drive was rebuffed through the final laps when he caught but was unable to pass Red Bulls Max Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton drops back to eighth after a poor start in the Japanese GP. As he launched a desperate attempt to overtake the Red Bull on the penultimate lap, Hamilton was driven off track by the typically-defiant teenager. Mercedes lodged a protest against Verstappens driving several hours after the chequered flag had fallen but later withdrew it. There is no protest from myself, tweeted Hamilton. Just heard the team had but I told them it is not what we do. We are champions, we move on. We take a look at Lewis Hamiltons battle with Max Verstappen from the Japanese GP.dddddddddddd The damage, however, was done at the start when Hamilton lost more than five positions into the first corner of a race for the fourth time this year.I made a mistake, Hamilton admitted. Working my way up from there was tricky, but I did the best I could.Nico did a great job so congrats to him. After scampering off the line while his team-mate stumbled, Rosberg was able to cruise to a straightforward victory. With just four races of the season to go, Rosbergs lead of the championship is equivalent to a full race victory and a sixth place. Even if Hamilton is to win all of the remaining races, his championship hopes would still be dependent on Rosberg finishing at least one of those races below fourth.While Rosberg, who has won four of the five races since the summer break, now has one hand on the Drivers championship, the result confirms Mercedes status as Constructors champions for a third successive season.Sebastian Vettel, who threatened to turn the air blue over the lack of blue flags for backmarkers, took a modest fourth for Ferrari ahead of stable-mate Kimi Raikkonen as just five teams monopolised the points-finishing positions. Force India extended their lead over Williams in the teams standings as both Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez beat Felipe Massa and a faltering Valtteri Bottas in a straight fight. Japanese GP result1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:26:43.3332. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, + 4.9783. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, + 5.7764. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, + 20.2695. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, + 28.3706. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, + 33.9417. Sergio Perez, Force India, + 57.4958. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, + 59.1779. Felipe Massa, Williams, 97.76310. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, + 98.32311. Romain Grosjean, Haas, + 99.25412. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, + 1 lap13. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, + 1 lap14. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, + 1 lap15. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, + 1 lap16. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, + 1 lap17. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, + 1 lap18. Jenson Button, McLaren, + 1 lap19. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, + 1 lap20. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, + 1 lap21. Esteban Ocon, Manor, + 1 lap22. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, + 1 lapDont miss The F1 Reports review of the Japanese GP on Sky Sports F1 at 8.30pm on Wednesday evening Also See: Brundle doubts Vettel stay The Formula 1 Gossip column ' ' '