6 hours Ago By The Canadian Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen had 34 points, Collin Sexton had four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz ran past the New York Knicks 121-106 on Saturday to snap a four-game skid. Sexton finished 25 points and John Collins had 20 points and 13 rebounds forthe Jazz. OG Anunoby scored a season-high 27 points, Jalen Brunson scored 23 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Knicks, who shot 39% from the field and lost for the first time in five games.
New York cut the lead to eight in the fourth quarter, but the Jazz responded with 10 consecutive points, capped by Johnny Juzang’s 3-pointer to make it 104-86 with 6:16 remaining. MAGIC 111, PISTONS 100 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Franz Wagner had 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and Orlando beat Detroit for their eighth win in nine games.
Wagner, who has scored 30 or more points in five of his last seven games, sat out the fourth quarter while the Magic’s bench stretched Orlando’s lead to 22 with 7:19 remaining. Mo Wagner had 18 points and seven rebounds off the Magic bench, and Jonathan Isaac added five points, 12 rebounds and three blocks. Jaden Ivey led the Pistons with 19 points and seven rebounds.
Malik Beasley, starting in place of the injured Cade Cunningham, added 18 points. GRIZZLIES 142, BULLS 131 CHICAGO (AP) — Scotty Pippen Jr. had a career-best 30 points with 10 assists to lead Memphis past Chicago.
Jaylen Wells added 26 points as Memphis won its second straight. Pippen, playing in the arena where his Hall of Fame father’s retired number hangs, had 26 points in the first three quarters for Memphis, which has won three of its last four. Memphis led 109-98 after three quarters and broke the game open with an 8-3 run in the opening minutes of the final period.
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 23 points, and Santi Aldama added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis, which led 64-60 at halftime and outrebounded the Bulls 49-35. The Associated Press.
