In Utah, a really high-scoring half was played.
Lauri Markkanen caught fire in the decisive moments of the match. PDO
Lauri Markkanen represented by the Utah Jazz lost basketball in the NBA to the Golden State Warriors 137-140 in Friday night’s round.
In the first two quarters of the match, we saw a senseless production of points. At halftime, the Jazz were down 71–84.
– This was probably the worst defensive half in the series’ history, wrote The Athletic’s editor Tony Jones in X.
Markkanes, who played more than 33 minutes, had a difficult night. Only six of the 23 shots in the game went in.
However, Markkanen woke up in the decisive moments of the match. Utah got within one point at the end, but came up short in the last moments. The Finn collected a third of his points in the last quarter.
Markkanen had a total of 20 points, 14 rebounds and three assists in the match.
The guarantors of the Warriors’ victory were Collin Sexton and Kyle Thompson. Sexton had 35 points and nine assists, Thompson had 35 points and six assists.
It was already Utah’s fourth consecutive loss. The team’s dreams of the playoffs seem the most improbable all the time.