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

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.

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.

"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.

The Utah Jazz (2-4) visit the Boston Celtics (3-4) Monday at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Jazz vs. Celtics odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

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.