The Utah Jazz are the primary group to achieve ten wins for the season and stay prime of the Western convention after Lauri Markkanen recorded a season-high 32 factors of their 125-119 win over the Hawks.
Finnish-born Markkanen was electrical for the Jazz and posted eight rebounds alongside together with his game-high factors haul. Point guard Jordan Clarkson completed with 23 factors, 4 rebounds and 5 assists – his fifth consecutive sport with 20+ factors.
only a child from Jyväskylä 🇫🇮#TakeNote | @MarkkanenLauri pic.twitter.com/xiAKjvB5Ku
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) November 10, 2022
Atlanta weren’t giving up with no combat although, and overcame a gradual begin to take a 90-85 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Trae Young and Dejounte Murray mixed for a complete of 48 factors however their efforts weren’t sufficient.
Utah exploded within the fourth to take a 3 level lead and none aside from Markkanen, in his fifth three-pointer, helped his group a ten-point lead.
The Hawks introduced it again to inside 4 factors when Murray made a 26-foot three-pointer however they couldn’t rating any extra after Mike Conley’s two free throws with 16.8 seconds left sealed the win.
Utah have been a shock packet to this point this season, demonstrated in ESPN’s win-loss projection that had them at 26-56. They are actually virtually midway to this win projection and there are nonetheless 69 common season video games to be performed.
They have performed the second-most quantity of video games within the league and have now overwhelmed the Nuggets, Wolves, Pelicans, Hawks, Rockets, each LA groups and Grizzlies (twice). So far, the Jazz look like a group that has gelled collectively very well and has good role-players, regardless of most of their 14 gamers by no means taking part in collectively earlier than.
“I really haven’t thought about that type of stuff [being first seed] this early in the season,” head coach Will Hardy said on Wednesday. “All of us in the room have been around the NBA long enough to know that that doesn’t mean anything yet and so we’re really just trying to continue to improve everyday as a group, focus on the task at hand.”
“There’s a lot of things that we can get better at but I am very proud of our team to be in the position that we’re in at this stage of the season.”
The Utah Jazz is a continuing reminder why basketball is a TEAM SPORT!!! They are positively taking part in a lovely model of Winning basketball! Carry the hell on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) November 10, 2022
Utah have been gifted a well-deserved break till Saturday after they play the Wizards away and again it up with a sport in opposition to the 76ers on Sunday at Wells Fargo Center.
