On December 26, Beijing time, the NBA regular season game continued. In today's Dallas Mavericks played on the road, and their opponent was the Utah Jazz. After the first three quarters of the game, the two sides drew 90, and the Jazz performed better in the last quarter, they withstood the Lone Ranger's counterattack at a critical moment, and finally the Jazz defeated the Lone Rangers 120-116, ushering in a three-game winning streak to continue to sit in the 3rd place in the West.
Statistically, the Jazz Mitchell scored 33 points, Bogdanovic 25 points, Conley 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Clarkson 12 points and 8 rebounds, and Gobert 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Lone Rangers Porzingis had 27 points and nine rebounds, Brunson had 27 points and six assists, and Nilikina had 17 points.
In the first quarter, the Lone Rangers scored four straight points, and the Jazz scored five consecutive points to honor their opponents. The Midgame Lone Rangers scored consecutive points at multiple points, and after a 18-4 wave of attacks, the Lone Rangers led the Jazz by 13 points at 22-9. The Lone Ranger continued to extend its advantage after that, with a 2:52 Brown counter-attack dunk to give the Lone Ranger a 30-14 lead to 16 points. The Jazz scored nine straight points to close the gap. In the first quarter, the Lone Ranger led by nine points at 34-25.
In the second quarter, Guy made two of three free throws and Clarkson hit a three-pointer, after which Conley shot three consecutive points, and the Jazz chased 36 draws in 10 minutes and 01 seconds, and the Lone Ranger quickly called for a halt to the game. After the timeout, finalist Clarkson hit a three-point shot to overtake, and they maintained a slim lead thereafter. Nilikina scored five straight points in the final stages of the second quarter, and the Lone Ranger trailed the Jazz by two points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, Nilikina scored 2+1, and the Lone Rangers scored 66-65 to score one point. Porzingis stepped up in the middle and scored six straight points to help the team open the gap, and the Lone Rangers led by nine points at 84-75 in the last five minutes. The Jazz scored seven straight points to narrow the gap to just two points, and then the team scored six straight points to overtake the Mavericks by two points at the last minute 90-88. Porzingis made two free throws and two shots, and the two sides drew 90 in three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, the Jazz played a wave of 10-0 attacks, 6 minutes and 57 seconds Gobert took the air, the Jazz led 102-94 to 8 points, and the Lone Ranger quickly shouted to stop. The Lone Ranger went on a 8-0 run after the timeout, narrowing the point gap to just two points. The Jazz stabilized the situation at a crucial moment, with Bogdanovic hitting a crucial three-pointer to give the Jazz an eight-point lead of 115-107 in the final 2 minutes. Knight hit a three-pointer in the final 1:03 and the Lone Ranger trailed to 112-118. In the end, the Jazz defeated the Lone Ranger 120-116 at home, ushering in a three-game winning streak while giving their opponents two consecutive defeats.