On January 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season started a battle of points, and the two sides were the Jazz team sitting at home to meet the challenge of the Pistons. Both sides are full of firepower, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder. As a result, the Jazz narrowly defeated the Pistons 154-148 in overtime and ushered in a three-game winning streak. Philippine Jordan Clarkson, after defeating the Mavericks in the last game and achieving the first triple-double in his career, he was out of control, and came off the bench in this game, scoring 36 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting 4 of 5 three-pointers, and an efficiency value of 25, the highest in the team, and once again rushed to the hot search in the United States. Bojan, Cananning and Burks scored 94 points.
Data counting
Pistons: Cunningham 31 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists, Bojan 36 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Burks 27 points and 4 rebounds, Duren 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Ivey 11 points, Reaves 10 points and 4 rebounds.
Jazz: Markkanen 31 points and 7 rebounds, Collins 17 points and 4 rebounds, Sexton 25 points and 5 assists, Clarkson 36 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Fontecchio 16 points and 7 rebounds, Kessler 8 points, 8 rebounds and 6 blocks.
This is a review
First quarter encounter: The Pistons took the lead in the opening game, Reaves and Ivey were active, first playing 2+1, then receiving two three-pointers from the outside, and a violent dunk, and scoring was like a probe. After the pause, Fontecchio's form picked up, and the outside line hit the bull's-eye, closing the score. Then, Kessler, the king of blocks this season, gave Cannann a big pot shot. But the Pistons were still sharp on the offensive end, shooting inside and outside, and continued to extend their lead. Clarkson saw immediate results after putting on the batter, connecting with Kessler to form a powerful bomb frame. Cananning was no sleat, striding into the box from beyond the three-point shot and dunking Kessler. Clarkson strategized, hitting a mid-range jumper and a three-pointer from the outside, scoring five points in a row to stop the Pistons. Wiseman and Kessler in the Pistons box battled big hats and dunks. With Clarkson hitting two free throws, the Jazz trailed the Pistons by seven points at 26-33.
Second quarter move: Back in the second quarter, Pistons Bojan carried the team's banner, and now it is the basket hand that hands Wiseman to wreak havoc on the basket, and the outside line is also like a god, hitting two three-pointers in a row to add icing on the cake to the team. After the timeout, the Jazz team was full of firepower, Markkanen and George hit three points one after another, Olynyk hit a hard inside line to make it 2+1, and the Jazz played a wave of 9-0 small climax, closing the score to 4 points. Then Clarkson made a mistake, and after Reeves made a steal, he stepped forward and skated with one hand. Then, the Jazz stepped up their inside scramble, and Kessler bombed the Pistons box in the air, turning rebounds into points. But Bojan hit a three-pointer from a golden rooster and Ivey also hit a three-pointer from a drift. After Duren dunked Kessler, he rode directly onto the latter's shoulder, and there was a hiccup. Markkanen and Ivey hit two three-pointers in quick succession to keep the score close. At halftime, the Pistons led the Jazz by two points at 68-66.
Markkanen continued his hot hand at half-time, and the outside line took the lead with a knife. But Bojan was also unstoppable, scoring 6 points in a row. Can'an Ning's leisure court progressed to 2+1 again. Ai maintained the ball and broke through, but Dunn held the ball tightly, and the two sides were full of gunpowder, which almost caused a conflict, and the referee blew for the scrum. With Kessler's height advantage inside, he scored two points in the second rebound. Ivey then used his speed and explosiveness to drive straight into Kessler, who challenged the inside, causing the latter to foul. The Jazz were strong on both ends of the floor, with a steal and a fast-break push, and after Fontecchio's shot through the heart, he made a long pass to George, who stunned the Pistons basket like a hungry tiger. The Jazz scored five straight points to tie the score to 95-92. Coming back from a timeout, Cannann hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc. Since then, the scores of the two sides have been reversed. With Burks tied 3+1, the Pistons stretched the score in the third quarter to 109-104 to lead by five points.
Last-minute game: At the beginning of the fourth quarter, it rained three points on both sides, and the score also rose. George's layup was hit by the Pistons' double ghost and pressed to the rebound. Clarkson began to take over the game, using nimble footwork and body tossing and turning, as well as accurate shooting from the outside, to score seven points in a row. Burks faced the defense and shot a furious shot from the outside to continue to extend the score. Fontecchio catches the ball and snipes and hits a solid three-pointer. Clarkson scored four points in a row with two free throws and a pull-up jump shot, and Kessler understood the ball and scored with his back to tie the score at 132. At this time, there was only 1 minute before the end, and the final moment really began, the Pistons attacked the bottom of the basket, and Sexton was like a bulldog, biting the opponent to the death and earning a wave of ball possession. At the critical moment, Clarkson, who had a big heart, stepped forward and hit the bull's-eye on the outside. With this shot, his three-point shot ranks fourth in team history. The Pistons didn't give up and Bojan hit a game-tying three-pointer at the top of the arc. In two consecutive rounds, the two sides hit a total of four fairy balls, and the two sides tied at 138, and the game dragged into overtime.
Overtime: In the final overtime, the Jazz relied on the enthusiasm and momentum of the home court to break through one after another and cut down 6 points. The Pistons scored four points with a foul free throw basket and a drop basket from the sky. In the change of defense, it was Clarkson's sideways again, and the final word was made, and the Pistons' counterattack momentum was pressed to the floor, and the Jazz led by 7 points, and the balance of victory seemed to be biased in favor of the Jazz who were fighting at home. Bojan forced the basket, was hatted by Kessler, left the court with 6 fouls, and watched the opponent go to the free throw line, seeing no hope of victory. Ka Anning, who was unwilling to give up, hit the fairy ball again, pulling the suspense back again. But with Sexton hitting two free throws, the Jazz narrowly beat the Pistons 154-148.
Both sides start
Pistons: Bojan, Cannanning, Duren, Ivey, Rivers
Jazz: Markkanen, Sexton, Collins, Dunn, Fontecchio