Lauri Markkanen’s wonderful point pot didn’t lead to victory when Utah succumbed to Miami in the last minutes.
Jonne Niemeläinen,
STT Sports
Basketball in the NBA Lauri Markkanen starred Utah Jazz suffered a defeat in the last game of their away tour. The Miami Heat won the match with a score of 119–115.
In the previous match, Markkanen’s game faltered, but in Florida he found his rhythm again and bagged wild readings. With 38 points, the Finn was by far the top scorer in the match, but this was enough when the opponent’s side had several players who scored points at a steady pace. Markkanen, who played 37 minutes, also grabbed eight rebounds, gave one pass leading to the basket, made three steals and recorded one block.
Markkanen has already played 15 games with more than 30 points this season.
Half of the Finn’s three-pointers went into the basket, 14 of the 26 attempts made in the game were sunk.
The Finnish star is the only tall player (at least 213 centimeters / 7 feet) to reach 100 dunks and 200 threes during the season.
In a very even game, the score was 56-57 at halftime, with Utah one point ahead of Miami. In the third quarter, Miami tied the game, and the game continued evenly until the last minutes, until Miami turned the situation in their favor.
– We can still improve on this. Miami also made good throws, so you have to give them credit, Markkanen elaborated.
On the Miami side, the back man scored the most points Jimmy Butler, who scored 24 points. of Utah Simone Fontecchio managed 23 points. Other players’ pots were less than 20. In Utah’s previous game, 37 points were rampant Talen Horton-Tucker was now only nine points short.
With its loss, Utah fell to the 12th place in the western division, when getting to the promotion qualifiers would require a position in the top ten.
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