Hawks top Jazz, sending Utah to 9th straight loss

Onyeka Okongwu scored 27 points with 12 rebounds to help the Atlanta Hawks snap a three-game skid with a 147-134 home victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday.

Trae Young contributed 23 points and 15 assists and Caris LeVert added 21 points, six assists and five boards off the bench for the Hawks (37-41). Dyson Daniels scored 19, Vit Krejci had 17, and Zaccharie Risacher netted 16 in the win.

Keyonte George came off the bench to lead the Jazz (16-63) with a career-high 35 points, including seven 3-pointers.

Despite shooting 51.7 percent and hitting 20 of 47 beyond the arc, the Jazz wrapped up a five-game road trip by extending their losing streak to nine games, with losses in 19 of their last 20.

Collin Sexton chipped in with 27 points, six assists and five rebounds for Utah, while Isaiah Collier totaled 17 points and 12 assists.

Atlanta, which played a second game in as many days, shot a blistering 53.7 percent (22 of 41) from 3-point range and 56.8 percent overall. All nine Hawks who played connected from 3-point range at least once, including a 5-for-5 outing for Krejci.

Svi Mykhailiuk helped Utah get back within single digits early in the fourth quarter, scoring five quick points to help trim the deficit to eight at 122-114.

Atlanta responded with a 9-0 run, including two buckets from Okongwu.

This was the third straight game in which the Jazz allowed an opponent to score at least 140 points.

The Hawks scored on their final six possessions of the first quarter en route to a 41-28 lead.

Both offenses clicked in the second quarter, with Atlanta hitting the 40-point mark again. Krejci scored 14 in the first half, hitting four 3s and all five field-goal attempts while leading the Hawks to an 81-64 halftime lead.

Utah went on a tear in the third quarter, scoring 43 points to pull within 12, 119-107, at the end of the period. The Jazz had a stretch near the end of the period in which they scored on 11 of 12 possessions.

--Field Level Media