PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — John Collins scored 20 factors, Keyonte George had 17 and the Utah Jazz ended a five-game shedding streak with a 141-99 loss to the Portland Path Blazers on Friday evening.
Walker Kessler had 13 factors, 17 rebounds and 5 blocks for the Jazz of their fifth win of the season.
Jerami Grant had 19 factors for Portland in its third straight loss. The Blazers trailed by 46 factors and had been booed by the house followers.
The Jazz took a 38-20 lead. The Blazers had been damage early within the recreation when Toumani Camara limped off the courtroom with a proper foot harm and didn’t return.
The Jazz led 67-44 at halftime and pushed the result in 30 factors at 76-46 within the third quarter. All of Utah’s starters had been in double figures at that time.
Takeaways
Jazz: Ahead Lauri Markkanen was a late scratch whereas coping with decrease again accidents. He missed three video games earlier within the season due to the identical challenge. Svi Mykhailiuk began in his place.
Path Blazers: Portland was with out Scoot Henderson for the fifth straight recreation on account of a left quad contusion. Rookie Donovan Clingan has a sprained left knee.
Mmment Key
Collin Sexton handed to Collins for a dunk that gave the Jazz a 90-59 lead within the third quarter and obtained the bench again on its ft. Shaedon Sharpe had a blistering dunk within the first half because the Blazers tried in useless to erase the deficit.
Key statistic
Blazers guard Anfernee Simons turned the fourth participant in Portland historical past to make greater than 800 3-pointers, becoming a member of Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and Wesley Matthews. General, the Blazers had been dismal from the perimeter, making simply 14 of 47 3-pointers.
To be continued
Each groups are again in motion on Sunday night. The Jazz are with the Kings and the Path Blazers with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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