Jordan Clarkson had Utah’s first triple-double in 16 years. Lauri Markkanen was the third best scorer.
The Utah Jazz showed convincing performances on the NBA floor when the team won a superstar Luka Doncic represented by Dallas with a score of 127–90.
Utah’s Finnish star Lauri Markkanen had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in the match. Out of his eight three-point attempts, the Finn hit the basket four times.
In the match, Markkanen was slightly behind his scoring average, which is 23.2 points per match.
Markka from Utah scored more baskets Simone Fontecchio 24 points and Jordan Clarkson 20 points.
Especially the 31-year-old Clarkson was on display in all areas of the field, as he scored a triple-double in the match. The Filipino-American Clarkson picked up 10 rebounds and as many as 11 assists in the match.
The triple-double in question was the Utah player’s first in a home game since 2008 and Carlos Boozer’s. For Clarkson, who played almost 700 matches in his career, the triple-double was the first of his career.
Clarkson was taken for breaking the record and especially thanked the Utah supporters who came after the game in the team interview.
– I am happy that I broke the record, finally. I know it’s been a while.
– We have the best fans in the series. They talk about basketball and know what was on the tray today. We delivered that too.
Utah head coach Will Hardy said that Clarkson might occasionally pick up a bit of turnovers when the game doesn’t work out. Today, however, there was a different sound on the clock.
– The way he acts in the dressing room and among his teammates. Clarkson is one of the biggest pillars of our team.
When the teams last met in early December, Dallas won the game by 50 points. Hardy was very pleased with his team’s performance this time.
– A very good team win. When you think about how we last played against them, this was a very big step up from that.
In the match, Utah also very effectively overshadowed Dallas superstars Doncic and Kyrie Irving’s. Slovenian Doncic scored 19 points and Irving hit 14 points from the front.
– We did a very good job defending these two difficult players.
The win was Utah’s fourth in a row at home. The team has lost only one of the last six matches. The team is currently 12th in the Western Conference.
The Texas team, on the other hand, is seventh in the conference, but has performed erratically recently. The team has taken three victories in the same period of six matches.
Jordan Clarkson’s comments added at 8:53 am.