Overview
- Lauri Markkanen totaled 51 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz past the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime.
- It was the first regular-season 50-point game by a Jazz player since Karl Malone scored 56 on April 7, 1998.
- Markkanen shot 14-for-32 from the field, hit 6 of 13 from three and went a perfect 17-for-17 at the free-throw line.
- Utah surrendered a seven-point lead in the final 19 seconds of regulation before Keyonte George’s running bank shot broke a tie in OT and Markkanen sealed it with two free throws with 1.9 seconds left.
- Keyonte George had 26 points and 10 assists and Walker Kessler added 25 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, while Phoenix got 34 from Devin Booker, 23 from Grayson Allen and a 25-point, 11-rebound return from Mark Williams as Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks sat.