Phoenix Suns ahead Kevin Durant shoots as Utah Jazz ahead Lauri Markkanen (23) defends through the first half of an NBA basketball sport, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Salt Lake Metropolis. (AP Picture/Rick Bowmer)
SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Durant totaled 39 factors, 10 assists and eight rebounds to guide the Phoenix Suns to a 140-137 double time beyond regulation win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday evening.
Devin Booker scored 22 of his 26 factors after halftime and tallied eight assists for the Suns. Eric Gordon added 20 factors and 6 assists. Jusuf Nurkic chipped in 18 factors and 12 rebounds. Grayson Allen completed with 14 factors, together with the game-winning basket.
Phoenix gained its third straight sport total and beat the Jazz for the second time in three days.
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— NBA (@NBA) November 20, 2023
Lauri Markkanen completed with 38 factors and 17 rebounds to guide Utah. Talen Horton-Tucker chipped in 25 factors, Jordan Clarkson added 22, Collin Sexton had 18 and John Collins had 15.
Utah misplaced regardless of ending with a 27-18 benefit in second-chance factors and 26-12 edge in fastbreak factors.
Durant scored back-to-back baskets and knocked down three free throws to push the Suns out to a 135-130 lead within the second time beyond regulation.
The Jazz tied it once more on a nook 3 from Collins with 58.9 seconds left. Allen countered on the opposite finish with a go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds remaining to maintain Utah from taking its first lead after the top of regulation.
Durant was initially whistled for a foul on Markkanen with lower than a second left that might have despatched him to the free-throw line for 3 free throws. Officers overturned the decision upon assessment.
Utah twice rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit and trailed for the majority of 4 quarters earlier than Markkanen tied it on a putback layup with 20.3 seconds to go in regulation to pressure time beyond regulation.
Gordon scored three baskets to offer Phoenix a 123-118 lead lower than two minutes into the primary time beyond regulation. The Suns by no means trailed throughout that five-minute stretch and seemingly clinched a victory on Durant’s 3-pointer with 35.6 seconds remaining within the first time beyond regulation.
However Markkanen hit two free throws within the last seconds to chop the deficit to 1. Then, after Gordon went 1-of-2 from the road, Sexton pressured a second time beyond regulation with one other putback layup simply forward of the buzzer.
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Suns: Host Portland on Tuesday in a NBA In-Season Event sport.
Jazz: Go to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday for a NBA In-Season Event sport.
