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The Orlando Magic starred in the surprise of the night by beating the Utah Jazz 107-100. The Florida side thus achieved its third win of the season at the expense of Quin Snyder’s team, who gave up their second loss and lost the position of leaders of the competition in favor of the Golden State Warriors.
Cole Anthony, with 33 points, was undoubtedly responsible for the locals achieving victory. The point guard, who scored the second highest score of his career (only behind the 37 he scored against Philadelphia last season), was a nightmare for the Jazz defense, which he punished in every possible way and with a enormous effectiveness. The sophomore he scored 65% of his shots, including 5/10 on 3s.
In addition, Anthony knew how to appear at the decisive moment, because, when the last 90 seconds were reached with the game tied at 98, he managed to score two consecutive baskets that gave his team an advantage that would end up being decisive. In fact, the point guard scored 10 of his points in the fourth quarter, finishing off a great performance in style.
Cole’s best squire was Wendell Carter Jr., author of 22 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists in a very complete game on his part. On the other hand, RJ Hampton was also fundamental, because, although he stayed in only 8 points, he was the author of the triple that made it 105-100 with 21 seconds left and left the crash seen for sentence.
In Utah, both Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell finished with 21 points, to which the Frenchman added 15 sacks and 4 blocks. The guard, for his part, contributed 7 assists and two sacks, but did not have his best night in terms of accuracy and finished with a poor 8/24 in the shot.
However, the one who was far from his best version was Jordan Clarkson, who could not go beyond 6 points after scoring only 2 of his 12 shots to the basket, which, added to the loss of Mike Conley that made Joe Ingles Moving to the starting job greatly weakened the Jazz’s second unit, which fell a little short of manpower.
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