CHICAGO (AP) — Keyonte George had 33 factors and 9 assists, John Collins added 28 factors and 13 rebounds and the Utah Jazz gained for the primary time this season, beating the Chicago Bulls 135-126 on Monday evening.
The injury-depleted Jazz (1-6) entered because the NBA’s worst offensive staff, averaging 99.8 factors on 39.1 % taking pictures. Towards Chicago, the Jazz shot 53.9% from the ground and 45.7% on 3-pointers at 16 of 35.
Collin Sexton added 24 factors for Utah and Walker Kessler had 12 factors and 15 rebounds.
Chicago’s Coby White got here on within the second half to attain 28 factors, tying twice late within the third quarter. However the Bulls, enjoying with out injured main scorer Zach LaVine, could not take the lead after falling behind by 15 factors.
Ayo Dosunmu scored 25 factors on 9-of-13 taking pictures, and Nikola Vucevic scored 23 factors for Chicago. The Bulls have misplaced two in a row to fall to 3-4.
Takeaways
Jazz: Utah dominated Chicago regardless that it performed a 3rd consecutive sport with out high scorer Lauri Markkanen (again spasms).
Bulls: Chicago got here again robust within the third, however could not preserve the run going.
Key second
After White tied it at 90 late within the third, Utah outscored Chicago 21-11 to drag away.
Key statistic:
The Jazz had a season wealthy in factors.
To be continued
Utah is at Milwaukee on Thursday evening. Chicago is at Dallas on Wednesday evening.
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