The Utah Jazz defeated the Sacramento Kings in a practice match.
The documentary following the life of superstar Lauri Markkanen can be seen on TV2 and Areena on Sunday (20.10) at 21:05.
Finnish basketball star Lauri Markkanen played strongly again when the Utah Jazz he represented defeated the Sacramento Kings in an NBA practice game with the numbers 117-114. Markkanen scored 21 points and grabbed four rebounds the night before Wednesday in a game played in Finnish time. He was the second greediest scorer on his team Keyonte George (24 points) after.
Markkanen, who logged his team’s highest minutes of play at 32.29, shone especially in the final quarter, where he scored nine points and was his team’s most effective player. The Finn was unerring at the free throw line and sank all six of his attempts in the final quarter. In addition, he made a three-pointer from his jumps, with which Utah increased its lead to 113-109 just over two minutes before the end of the regular game time.
Utah has won three of the four practice games it has played against NBA teams and will face the Portland Trail Blazers in its last practice game the night before Saturday. The NBA Regular Season starts next week. In its opening game, Utah faces the Memphis Grizzlies, whose coaching staff includes Tuomas Iisalo.
Video of Markkanes added at 11:41.