Jordan Clarkson scored 23 factors, reserve Collin Sexton added 22 and the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers 110-102 on Sunday evening.
The Jazz rallied after blowing a 10-point lead within the first half and trailing within the third and fourth quarters.
“Finding ways to win is fun,” rookie Utah coach Will Hardy said. “I’m very pleased with the crew to beat 20 turnovers.”
The Jazz are second within the Western Conference at 8-3. They earned a uncommon sweep in Los Angeles, having crushed the Lakers 130-116 on Friday.
Paul George scored 34 factors, the third time in 4 video games that he topped 30, however Los Angeles had its three-game successful streak snapped. Marcus Morris added 18 factors for the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard missed his eighth sport whereas coping with knee stiffness.
“We got to stick together,” Nicolas Batum said. “We’ll be OK.”
The Clippers missed all 11 of their 3-point makes an attempt within the fourth. George missed a number of photographs down the stretch when the Jazz pulled away after erasing a four-point deficit.
“Lauri (Markkanen) did a really good job of making Paul George work hard and not just to make shots but to get the ball,” Hardy said. “Not all 11 (3-pointers) have been guarded completely. There have been just a few that have been missed.”
The Jazz scored 9 in a row, capped by Malik Beasley’s 3-pointer to take the lead for good with 5 1/2 minutes remaining. It was a part of a 14-2 run that prolonged Utah’s result in 106-98. Sexton had seven factors within the spurt.
“I’m starting to get more comfortable in myself,” Sexton said. “Just staying prepared and being current all through the sport.”
The Clippers pulled inside 4 on a dunk and inside basket by Ivica Zubac earlier than Sexton dunked with 54 seconds left.
“We battled all the sport and we did not get down when Paul George made a troublesome shot,” Sexton mentioned.
Sexton fed Markkanen for an inside basket within the closing seconds. Playing his first season in Utah, Markkanen completed with 18 factors and 9 rebounds.
Clarkson’s 3-pointer early within the fourth tied it at 87-all.
The Clippers scored the primary seven factors of the third to drag right into a 63-all tie. They closed inside two 5 occasions earlier than John Wall’s steal and basket compelled an 81-all tie.
Wall adopted with a dunk that put the Clippers forward for the primary time for the reason that first quarter.
The Jazz took an 84-83 led on Clarkson’s 3-pointer earlier than Wall scored once more, sending the Clippers into the fourth main by one level.
George’s 3 drew the Clippers inside one earlier than the Jazz closed on a 13-7 run to enter halftime main 63-56. Markkanen scored 11 of Utah’s factors within the spurt when he made all 5 of his free-throw makes an attempt.
