One of those pleasant surprises has been found within an unsung hero in the Jazz's starting lineup: veteran guard Svi Mykhailiuk, who's started in all eight games of Utah's season, and in their latest showing vs. the Detroit Pistons, came together for a career-high of 28 points on 10-16 shooting from the field.

Jazz coach Will Hardy has been extremely, uh, vocal during this season. Here's why he's taking the intentional approach of yelling at his players more.

It’s a career that spans multiple countries, states, teams and includes crossing paths early on with Lauri Markkanen.

A successful NBA career isn't defined by a player's rookie season, let alone the first month of it. Just take the 2013-14 NBA rookie class, for example. After a

"He just played well," said Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla of Queta's play after Boston's 136-107 blowout win over the Jazz at TD Garden this past Wed. (Nov. 5) night.

Keyonte George may be battling through a foot injury, but it’s impossible to tell based on his play on the court. The Utah Jazz’s third-year guard is taking on more responsibility than anyone expected at the beginning of training camp.

But, within a positive night for Utah, there was one name in the mix during that Jazz win who wound up emerging as the team's biggest X-factor in the eyes of head coach Will Hardy, and a sentiment that Kevin Love would agree with following the game: second-year big man Kyle Filipowski.

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Timberwolves play the Utah Jazz in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. Minnesota went 49-33 overall and 11-5 in Northwest Division play a season ago. The Timberwolves allowed opponents to score 109.3 points per game and shoot 46.0% from the field last season.