The Utah Jazz, who played in front of their home crowd in the basketball NBA, won a thriller against the Dallas Mavericks with a score of 115–113.
Basketball in the NBA Lauri Markkanen The Utah Jazz knocked off last season’s finalist Dallas Mavericks with a score of 115–113.
The start of the match was fairly even in terms of points, and going into halftime, Dallas led by 64–61 points. Utah was especially strong in the third period, where it outscored the opponent by 17 points (38–21).
The last quarter, on the other hand, was controlled by Dallas, and it took the set with a score of 38–21. However, the lead gained earlier was enough for Utah to win its third of the season.
For Dallas, the loss was already the fourth in a row.
Lauri Markkanen, who got a good 24 minutes of playing time, bagged a total of 13 points and grabbed five rebounds in the match.
In the last quarter, Markkanen was hit in the nose by an opponent’s hand when the players were chasing the ball. The Finn left the field after the situation and did not play again in the final minutes.
Supplier Andy Larsen writes in the message service X that Markkanen said that the reason for leaving would have been a vision-related problem.
The scorer of the match was Dallas’ Slovenian star Luka Doncicwho scored 37 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
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Updated on 15/11/2024 at 7:37: Added information about Markkanen’s injury and added a summary of his game.