Power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. did everything well in the final stretch of the game, which his Memphis Grizzlies team beat the Jazz at home 118-119, giving the surprise of the day in the NBA.
Jackson Jr. scored 26 points, his best of the season, after catching a ball and hitting a triple in the closing seconds of the game that ultimately fell to the Grizzlies side.
Point guard Ja Morant added 32 points, guard Desmond Bane added another individual record of 28 points and the Grizzlies scored the final seven points of the game for their third win in four games. The Spanish center Santi Aldama this time did not have minutes with the Grizzlies although he enjoyed the victory from the bench.
The scoring inspiration of Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic allowed him to finish with 24 points, including seven triples, his best mark of the season, and led the attack of the Jazz, who took advantage of two consecutive baskets that he scored from outside the perimeter in the last two minutes. that put the Utah team in front of the scoreboard.
But then the figure of Jackson Jr. would emerge with the baskets that made the difference in the final stretch of the game. Guard Donovan Mitchell, who scored 18 points on 5 of 20 shots, missed when the horn sounded.
Gobert finished with a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds, while point guard Mike Conley, a former Grizzlies player, had 19 points and eight assists for the Utah team.
The Jazz and Grizzlies met for the first time since Utah eliminated Memphis 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs last season.
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