Los Angeles – – Lauri Markkanen 27 points, 12 rebounds Jordan Clarkson add 20 points, utah jazz continued their excellent start to the season with a 130-116 win. los angeles lakers on friday night.
Kelly Olynyk scored 18 points, Mike Conley Added 15 points and 10 assists to the Jazz in first place. Utah blew most of their big lead in the 3rd quarter, but pulled off a sweeping victory while scoring at least his seven points from eight players.
“Again, it’s been a night of different people contributing at different times in the game,” said first-year Jazz coach Will Hardy. “This is a testament to the group, a testament to our activities as a group.”
Russell Westbrook Another strong performance in the reserve role for the Lakers, with 26 points and 6 assists, fell to 2-6 after a two-game winning streak ended. , not three straight wins.
lebron james He recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds in a tense effort while recovering from illness and dealing with pain in his left foot. Anthony Davis Despite scoring 20 of 22 points in the first half, the Lakers’ solid defensive start to the season crashed against the calm and sophisticated Jazz.
Lakers coach Durbin Hamm said of his defensive performance, “We went down big tonight. ‘It’s the first game I’ve ever felt defensively gone wrong.'”
Jazz seemed to be having a rough year after breaking up Donovan Mitchell When Rudy Gobertbut their roster, full of long-time NBA supporting talent, was a surprise for the league while beating out a series of higher-regarded teams.
“Each night we get to know each other better as a group, and they get to know me better,” Hardy said. has done it.”
The Lakers, who have been a solid defensive team and a poor offensive team so far this season, have switched strengths and weaknesses against Utah.
“We have 60,000 points in the locker room, so I’m not worried about offense,” Hamm said. “Our defensive effort should be there. Our defense was incompetent at best.”
Utah trailed by 16 points in the third quarter, with Westbrook pulling the Lakers almost out of the way, scoring nine points to lead a 24-for-10 run and keeping Los Angeles’ efforts at both ends.
Westbrook was the object of the ire of many Lakers fans last season, who serenaded him with chants of “MVP!” at the free-throw line “I want Westbrook!” when he was on the bench in the fourth quarter.
“They just started playing a lot faster than us,” Westbrook said. “(We were) a step behind, but it showed. We tried to come back in the second half, but we were in a bad position early on.”
tip in
jazz: Tarren Horton Tucker Got a tribute video during the first timeout. Houghton Tucker played the last three his seasons with the Lakers after being drafted by the Lakers in 2019, winning the ring as his rookie reserve.he was traded to utah Patrick Beverley In August. … Italian rookie Simone Fontecchio Played at the last minute after missing four games due to NBA health and safety protocols.
LAKERS: Davis (back pain) and James (foot) were medically cleared only after pregame warm-ups… Lonnie Walker scored 17 points. Troy Brown Jr.There were 12.
next
Jazz: Sunday night at the Clippers.
Lakers: Host Cavaliers on Sunday.
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