The Utah Jazz already won their third consecutive basketball game in the NBA and caused the New Orleans Pelicans their first loss of the season.
Lauri Markkanen performed the best of the season the night before Sunday in the NBA basketball league game played Finnish time. The Finn bagged no less than 31 points, when the Utah Jazz he represented won an overtime victory over the New Orleans Pelicans with a score of 122–121.
31 is Markkanen’s, 25, point record in his new club Jazz. The season together between Markkanen and Utah has started well and the team has won all three matches in the early season.
Utah was close to victory already in regulation time. However, in the fourth quarter, New Orleans closed the gap of 17 points with their star player who scored 25 points Zion Williamson under. However, the number one pick in the 2019 NBA draft injured his lower back in the final moments of regular time and did not play in overtime. Williamson was sidelined all of last season due to a foot injury that required surgery.
Utah became the decider Kelly Olynykwho made a two-pointer with three seconds left at the buzzer.
Markkanen played a good 39 minutes in the match, more than any of his teammates. He had 12 rebounds and two assists. Markkanen did an accurate job at the free throw line and sank all 11 of his shots. He scored two of them in the moments 11 seconds before the end.
Utah plays its next game against the Houston Rockets on the road next night.
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