Clippers allow Jazz to snap 5-game skid
Jordan Clarkson had a seasonhigh 33 points and five assists, and the Utah Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 125-112 victory over the Clippers on Wednesday night.
Collin Sexton added 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists for the Jazz. Lauri Markkanen chipped in 23 points and nine rebounds. Jarred Vanderbilt added 14 points and 12 rebounds.
John Wall finished with a season-high 26 points off the bench to lead Los Angeles. Reggie Jackson added 15 points for the Clippers, who lost despite outscoring Utah 65-22 in bench points.
The Clippers erased a double-digit deficit with a 12-0 run midway through the second quarter and took a 45-43 lead on a tipin basket from Ivica Zubac that punctuated the run.
Clarkson made baskets on three straight possessions to energize the Jazz and put Utah back in front. The Clippers countered with a 9-0 run, capped by back-to-back baskets by Wall, and raced to a 60-56 lead in the final
Utah forward Kelly Olynyk, left, rejects a shot by Clippers forward Marcus Morris Sr. during the second half.
minute before halftime.
Utah reclaimed the lead for good behind an 22-6 run in the third quarter. Sexton scored backto-back baskets to start a string of 11 consecutive possessions in which the Jazz scored and capped the run with a free throw, giving Utah a 90-76 advantage.
The Clippers drew within a basket early in the fourth quarter, closing to 98-95 on Moussa Diabate's three-point play. Then, the Jazz closed the door on a comeback. Vanderbilt, Clarkson, and Sexton combined to
THE SCORE
JAZZ 125, CLIPPERS 112 Up next: Kings at Clippers, Saturday, 1 p.m., BSSC
score baskets over seven straight possessions, pushing Utah's lead to 113-99 midway through the quarter. Five of those seven baskets were in the paint.
Norman Powell was inactive (left groin strain) after scoring a season-high 32 points against Portland a night earlier. … Moussa Diabate finished with a team-high eight rebounds.
SUMMARY
Clippers
Mann Morris Sr. Zubac Coffey Jackson Wall Covington Boston Jr. Batum Diabate Brown Preston
Totals 240:00 37-93 28-36 17-39 16 23 112
FG .398, FT .778;
10-30, .333 (Batum 2-3, Jackson 2-6, Covington 2-7, Boston Jr. 1-2, Mann 1-2, Morris Sr. 1-2, Coffey 1-3, Wall 0-5);
14; 1; 6 (Morris Sr. 2, Batum, Coffey, Wall, Zubac); 10 (Jackson 2, Wall 2, Zubac 2, Boston
Jr., Coffey, Mann, Morris Sr.); 9 (Mann 3, Jackson 2, Boston Jr., Brown, Covington, Morris Sr.);
None.
Percentages: Goals:
Team rebounds: Blocked shots:
Utah
Markkanen 36:21 7-11 5-5 1-9 2 3 23 Olynyk 36:02 4-7 3-4 1-7 3 5 12 Vanderbilt 24:36 7-10 0-0 6-12 2 1 14 Clarkson 39:47 10-18 8-11 0-4 5 5 33 Sexton 30:30 8-14 4-5 3-6 6 1 21 Kessler 21:52 2-3 1-3 0-4 0 3 5 Beasley 18:47 1-9 0-0 1-2 3 3 3 Alxndr-Wlkr 15:28 5-7 0-0 0-1 0 2 11 Fontecchio 11:02 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 0 3 Agbaji 1:51 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Azubuike 1:51 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Bolmaro 1:51 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Totals 240:00 45-82 21-28 13-46 24 24 125
Percentages: Goals:
FG .549, FT .750;
14-32, .438 (Clarkson 5-9, Markkanen 4-7, Alexander-Walker 1-2, Fontecchio 1-2, Olynyk 1-2, Sexton 1-2, Beasley 1-7, Vanderbilt 0-1); 9;
None;
7 (Kessler 4, Olynyk 3);
17 (Sexton 6, Clarkson 3, Olynyk 2, Alexander-Walker, Beasley, Bolmaro, Kessler, Markkanen, Vanderbilt); 4 (Vanderbilt 2, Beasley, Olynyk);
None.
Team turnovers:
fouls:
Clippers Utah
Min
26:56 23:15 30:25 19:27 24:47 25:16 23:08 22:11 21:37 16:00 3:29 3:29
Min
FG FT Reb A PF Pts
2-5 0-2 1-1 1 3 5 3-11 3-5 1-5 1 1 10 5-7 2-2 2-7 0 3 12 1-4 2-2 0-1 1 2 5 5-10 3-4 0-1 3 4 15 7-1912-13 0-2 5 1 26 3-9 0-0 3-6 2 3 8 4-12 1-2 1-2 1 1 10 2-4 2-3 1-2 1 3 8 4-8 3-3 6-8 0 2 11 0-2 0-0 1-3 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 0 2