TIP-INS Jazz: In addition to being without Markkanen, Utah also was missing Collin Sexton, who has a strained left hamstring … Kris Dunn, who signed a second 10-day contract with the Jazz on Saturday, played 27 minutes and scored a career-high 17 points … Center Walker Kessler also had 17 points (on 8-of-11 shooting) and added 10 rebounds. "It took us too long as a team to find a rhythm.” “We just put ourselves in a big hole to start the game. He played three minutes in the fourth quarter.įollow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: twitter.“I think in general, we played three quarters of pretty good basketball,” Utah coach Will Hardy said. Signed G Jared Butler to a two-way contract on Friday. Thunder: The team announced it expects to be without F Kenrich Williams for the rest of the season with a wrist injury. Kessler had 10 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks. F Simone Fontecchio scored 16 points, two short of his season high. Jazz: Outscored the Thunder 18-9 on free throws. “But if you allow the circumstances to beat you down, then things won’t turn.” “If you just kind of hang in there long enough, then you give yourself the opportunity for things to turn,” he said. The game was never close again.ĭaigneault gave his players credit for remaining focused. Williams' steal and two-handed jam put Oklahoma City up 74-56 and forced Utah to call timeout. The Thunder poured it on early in the second half. Giddey had 10 points and nine assists in the first half. Isaiah Joe hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points. The Thunder made 13 3s in the first half to take a 67-52 lead at the break. Lauri Markkanen had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz. It allows them more time to make a mistake.” But at the end of the day, that’s why we want to be a team that makes multiple efforts after an initial help, because it forces teams to use multiple passes and to play deeper in the shot clock. "Some of them were probably unforced errors on their part. “I’m sure they’re not happy about that," Daigneault said. The Thunder played a role in creating some of the miscues. "You could almost end commentary about the game there.” “Obviously, the story of the game was 26 turnovers," Jazz coach Will Hardy said. Oklahoma City attempted 104 shots to Utah's 78, in part because the Jazz committed 26 turnovers. And we did a really good job just being patient, moving the ball and trying to find better looks.” "So we tried to find other ways to just, you know, get their bigs shifted and kind of move so that we could get other looks around the rim. “We didn’t want to try to finish over them," Wiggins said. Making shots in close with 7-foot-1 Walker Kessler, the 7-foot Markkanen and 6-11 Kelly Olynyk defending for the Jazz. Wiggins, a reserve guard, made 12 of 16 field goals, with 11 coming inside the 3-point line. Shots went in and got us out to a lead, and that helped us.” "I think they’ve been ready to play in these other games. “They were just ready to play," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. Jalen Williams scored 20 points, Lu Dort had 19 and Josh Giddey added 18 points, 13 assists and six rebounds. The Thunder made up for his absence with balance. He was out due to health and safety protocols and an abdominal strain. Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, an All-Star who averages 31 points, missed his fourth straight game. "Tonight, it was all about just trying to make sure that we stayed locked in on the way that we played, stayed true to what we do.” Some of them were at the tip of our hands where we should have pulled through and won. “We felt like we had hit a wall coming off All-Star break. 15 - their final game before the All-Star break. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Aaron Wiggins scored 27 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 130-103 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
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