Three Jazz players log 20-plus points in win over Nets
Dec 18, 2023; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Brooklyn Nets forward Trendon Watford (9) and Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler (24) battle for a rebound during the second quarter at Delta Center. credits: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Talen Horton-Tucker and Collin Sexton each produced 27 points and six assists to lead the Utah Jazz in a 125-108 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night in Salt Lake City.
Lauri Markkanen added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz, who won for the third time in four games after making a second-half rally. Walker Kessler contributed 14 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots.
Brooklyn's Cam Thomas led all scorers with 32 points, but the Nets went scoreless during a key stretch late in the fourth quarter as Utah blew the game open with a 12-point run.
Spencer Dinwiddie totaled 17 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for Brooklyn, which finished 1-4 on a Western Conference trip. Mikal Bridges had 13 points, and Nic Claxton amassed 11 points and seven rebounds.
Utah led by 20 in the fourth quarter, but Thomas hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it a seven-point game with 5:44 remaining.
The Jazz responded emphatically. Horton-Tucker sparked the game-clinching spurt by feeding Kessler for an alley-oop dunk. Horton-Tucker also drained a 3-pointer and Sexton capped the surge with a layup as Utah went up 120-101.
Utah's Ochai Agbaji, who had two buckets in the late run, finished with 13 points. John Collins, who missed the previous four games due to an illness, scored 11.
Horton-Tucker made 11 of 19 shots from the floor and 5 of 7 3-point attempts. Sexton went 12-for-13 from the free-throw line for his fifth game in a row with at least 20 points. The Jazz shot 49.5 percent from the field, while the Nets hit 43.3 percent.
Thomas sparked a 7-0 run late in the second quarter to help Brooklyn take a 59-54 halftime lead. The Nets led by seven early in the second half before the Jazz made their move.
A 15-2 run, including a 10-0 spurt, helped Utah take an 88-80 lead late in the third quarter.
—Field Level Media
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