Favors has 28 points and 11 rebounds as Jazz beat Pelicans 106-94
Derrick Favors had 28 points (16 in the paint) and 11 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz closed the third quarter on a 14-0 run to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 106-94 to end a 5-game losing streak.
It was tied at 70 when Gordon Hayward’s 8-foot floater put the Jazz ahead for good with 2:33 left in the third quarter. He and Favors scored 6 points each as they pulled away to an 84-70 lead after three quarters, and they led by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter.
Hayward scored 24 points.
For the Pelicans, Anthony Davis had 29 points (15 in the third quarter) and 11 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday added 22 points and 7 assists off the bench.
The Jazz went 26 for 27 at the line to the Pelicans’ 9 for 11. The Pelicans got 6 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Jazz outscored the Pelicans 16-3 in 3 minutes with Favors, Hayward, Booker, Neto and Ingles on the floor together.