Utah scored 82 points in the opening period against Charlotte. Lauri Markkanen made seven successful three-pointers.
In ball games, it is often said that the start of the match is important. Lauri Markkanen The Utah Jazz took the instruction literally in the night round of the basketball NBA and scored a club-record 47 points against the Charlotte Hornets in the first quarter.
At the break, there were already 82 points, which is also a club record. Utah eventually won 134–122 on the away court with Markkanen as its brightest star. The Finn scored 33 points and collected 12 rebounds. The double-double was Markkanen’s fifteenth of the season. 30 points were exceeded for the eighth time.
Markkanen operates especially well from the three-point line. Seven successful threes out of twelve attempts is his best balance of the season.
At the end of the first quarter, Markkanen scored one of his most spectacular baskets of the season. He drove to the basket, turned 180 degrees with the ball and dunked the ball into the sock. In social media, Markkanen’s performance was titled “circus throw”.
If Utah’s first half of the match was historically good, Charlotte still got into the game in the second half. Until the end, the gap remained at a safe twelve. The best scorer of the match was from Charlotte PJ Washingtonwho scored 43 points.
– We’re not as good as in the first half, but we’re not as bad as in the second either, Utah’s head coach Will Hardy tightly on the club’s website.
Utah is now ninth in the NBA’s Western Conference. The next time the team will be seen on the NBA floor is the night between Monday and Tuesday against the Brooklyn Nets.