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Jazz come back from down 23, but game-winning shot goes long
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz positive made it fascinating.
With 6:25 left within the sport, Utah trailed the Brooklyn Nets by 20 factors on Sunday at Barclays Middle, and nobody would have blamed followers for trying out of the sport early.
Flash ahead a couple of minutes, nonetheless, and Kelly Olynyk put up an 18-foot jumper that will have gained the sport for the visiting Jazz. Alas, Olynyk’s shot went lengthy, and the Nets breathed a sigh of reduction as they held on for a 111-110 win after coughing up the large late lead.
Utah used a 15-0 run late within the fourth quarter to get again into the sport, and the Nets scored simply 8 factors within the remaining 5:50 of the sport.
Talen Horton-Tucker had 15 of his 32 factors within the fourth quarter to assist rally the Jazz, and Ochai Agbaji hit a troublesome 3-pointer with 11.6 seconds left to drag the Jazz inside 2 factors.
Brooklyn’s Seth Curry missed two free throws with 5.8 seconds left, with the Nets holding onto a 1-point lead. Lauri Markkanen received the rebound and rapidly pushed the ball to Olynyk, who dribbled the size of the courtroom — the Jazz did not have a timeout remaining — and put up the potential fadeaway jumper.
It went lengthy off the backboard.
Markkanen returned after lacking the final two video games and had 23 factors and 9 rebounds.
Utah was simply 8-of-32 from the 3-point line.
Walker Kessler left early within the second half after getting some pleasant fireplace from Horton-Tucker. The Utah level guard caught Kessler with an elbow on a drive to the ring, and Kessler headed to the locker room and did not return to be evaluated for a concussion.
Utah suffered its sixth loss within the final seven video games as its play-in hopes are dwindling by the sport.
The Jazz are caught in twelfth place within the West with 4 video games remaining within the common season.
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