Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points and Jordan Clarkson added 20 to lead the utahjazz over the DetroitPistons 104-81.
Rudy Gobert added 13 points and 19 rebounds for the surging Jazz, and Bojan Bogdanovic scored 17. Utah won for the eighth time in nine games.
Amid early offensive struggles, the Jazz never wavered on defence. Utah forced Detroit to commit 17 turnovers and scored 25 points off those miscues. Detroit did not fare much better, shooting 38% in the first half. That opened the door for Utah to keep things close. The Jazz really got rolling on offence in the third quarter. Utah opened the second half on a 16-2 run to take a 55-42 lead midway through the quarter. Mitchell sparked the surge with back-to-back baskets, and Joe Ingles punctuated it with consecutive buckets as well.
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