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Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 20 points while
Royce O'Neale added 18 points, eight rebounds, and six assists.
Mike Conley finished with a double-double, tallying 17 points
and 10 assists. The Jazz snapped a two-game losing streak after
making a franchise-record 25 3-pointers.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 35 points and Khris Middleton added
31 to lead Milwaukee. The duo also combined for 18 rebounds and
eight assists. It wasn't enough to keep the Bucks from losing at
home for the first time this season.
Antetokounmpo scored 16 points during the first quarter alone
for the Bucks. His effort wasn't nearly enough to keep Utah at
arm's length, once the Jazz offense got cooking.
The Jazz got an early lift from their perimeter shooting. Utah
made 11 field goals in the quarter. Nine of those baskets came
from 3-point range.
Four 3-pointers formed the entirety of a 12-4 run that helped
the Jazz stake out a 23-14 lead midway through the quarter.
Clarkson, Conley, O'Neale, and Bogdanovic each scored an outside
basket to fuel the spurt.
Milwaukee erased Utah's lead before the first quarter ended and
tied it up multiple times in the second quarter.
Still, the Bucks could not regain the lead because the Jazz did
not cool down from outside. Clarkson and Mitchell buried
back-to-back 3-pointers to kickstart an 18-6 run. Clarkson
scored three baskets during the run that gave Utah a 65-53 lead
heading into the final minute before halftime.
The Bucks cut Utah's lead to 87-84 late in the third quarter on
Jrue Holiday's pull-up 3-pointer. Mitchell and Bogdanovic each
answered with a pair of baskets over the next four Jazz
possessions to spark a quick 10-2 run and extend Utah's lead to
97-86.
Utah pulled away for good behind a 12-0 run to open the fourth
quarter. Mitchell had back-to-back jumpers to fuel the run and
Rudy Gobert tipped in a basket to cap it off and give the Jazz a
116-96 lead with 7:18 remaining.
--Field Level Media
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