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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 45 points and made the go-ahead free throws with 31.8 seconds remaining to help the Denver Nuggets hold off the depleted Utah Jazz 128-125 on Monday night. Utah’s Keyonte George scored 36 points, but was denied two free throws that could have given the Jazz the lead on what would have been Nikola Jokic’s sixth foul with 16.3 seconds remaining — a shooting foul that was reversed to a blocked shot after a lengthy review. Jokic, who had 22 points and 12 rebounds, made two free throws with 6.1 seconds left and George missed a last-second 3-pointer as the Nuggets escaped with the win. Cam Johnson was a late scratch with a hurt ankle, but Julian Strawther scored 15 points and Jonas Valanciunas added 13 for Denver. With Jokic on the bench and most of his teammates lacking energy in the second game of a back to back, Murray made five 3s and scored 18 points in the third quarter to push the Nuggets to a 100-93 lead entering the fourth. Murray was 13 of 19 from the field and had eight 3s along with seven turnovers. George, in his second game
All Utah State needed Tuesday evening was 40 minutes of quality basketball against UNLV in Las Vegas and it would be able to claim the title of Mountain West men’s basketball champions. But 20 of those minutes featured some of the worst offense from the normally dangerous Aggies while the other 20 minutes showcased some of the worst defense the team has played all year. Add those two together and it equaled a 92-65 victory for the Runnin Rebels. The path to a Mountain West title remains in USU’s hands despite this loss, but it becomes concerning that the team has now played in four consecutive games that had significant ramifications for either control in the Mountain West standings or, like on Tuesday, a chance to claim at least a share of the league title. But in these four games Utah State has won only a single time and have put forward their worst two performances of the season — a 17-points loss at San Diego State and the defeat to the Rebels on Tuesday. “It’s concerning the way we lost,” USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun said. “You’re 40 minutes away from having a chance to win a championship and
JJ Peterka scored in the second period on a bizarre bounce, and the Utah Mammoth beat the Washington Capitals 3-2. Dylan Guenther and Mikhail Sergachev also had goals for the Mammoth, who took an early 2-0 lead and held off… Source link
