Korver helps Jazz bury Spurs by 34 pts

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kyle Korver is back, and suddenly the Utah Jazz are sinking shots.

“His confidence is contagious,” Donovan Mitchell said. “His presence just gives us spacing and helps everybody.”

Mitchell scored 20 points, Rudy Gobert had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the San Antonio Spurs 139-105 on Tuesday night.

Korver scored 15 points in his first home game since he returned to the Jazz, and Derrick Favors added 14 points as Utah won for the first time at home in nearly a month. The Jazz beat Boston 123-115 on Nov. 9 but have been on the road much of the season and haven’t found a rhythm at home.

“He gets his shot off in a half a second. It helps us to have another guy who can really space the floor and knock them down,” said Joe Ingles, who had 13 points.

Jakob Poeltl scored a career-high 20 points for the Spurs. DeMar DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge each scored 16 points, and San Antonio fell to 1-13 when Aldridge fails to reach the 20-point mark.

“It doesn’t really matter,” Poeltl said. “If I get a career high in a 30-point loss or whatever, it doesn’t feel great. We’re just not aggressive enough. We’re very passive.”

The Spurs lost by more than 30 points just five times in Gregg Popovich’s first 1,758 regular-season games as head coach. It has now happened three times in the last four games.

“We’re very challenged defensively,” Popovich said.