Poteau Daily News

Jazz beat Mavericks to tie series

- By JOHN COON AP Sports Writer

SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert gave Utah the lead with an alley-oop dunk with 11.0 seconds left and the Jazz held off the Dallas Mavericks 10099 on Saturday in Game 4 to tie the first-round series.

Spencer Dinwiddie missed a P-pointer at the buzzer for Dallas.

Utah held the Mavericks to 18 points in the fourth quarter after surrenderi­ng a double-digit lead in the second half. Dallas made just two baskets through the first seven minutes of the fourth and shot PP percent overall in quarter.

Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points for Utah, Donovan Mitchell added 2P points and seven assists.

Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 15 rebounds — 10 off the offensive glass. He was P-of-8 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter and 9-of-18 overall.

Dallas star Luka Doncic had P0 points, 10 rebounds four assists in his return from a three-game absence because of a strained left calf.

Jalen Brunson added 2P points, and Dorian FinneySmit­h, Dwight Powell and Reggie Bullock had 11 points apiece.

Game 5 was on Monday in Dallas.

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