Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 49 points (8 during a 10-0 run in the second quarter), and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Utah Jazz 138-132 in overtime.
Rudy Gobert went 1 for 2 at the line with 0.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 122 for the Jazz, but the Pelicans outscored them 16-10 in overtime.
The Jazz had the ball down 1 with 55 seconds left, but Derrick Favors blocked Tony Bradley’s cutting layup at the rim. It would have put the Jazz ahead.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Jazz 30-26. Ingram scored 15 of the Pelicans’ 30 on 3 for 5 shooting. He made his first 11 free throws and missed 4 of his last 9. Early in the fourth quarter, Jordan Clarkson had 2 steals, both with the game within five points. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Ingram had 4 of his 6 assists, all with the game within 5 points. With 1:00 left in overtime, E'Twaun Moore stole the ball from Bojan Bogdanovic, and his driving layup off it put the Pelicans ahead 133-132.
Favors had a season-high 21 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks on 10 for 12 shooting. Lonzo Ball assisted on 7 of Ingram’s 15 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Jazz, Donovan Mitchell scored 46 points with 7 3-pointers, and Bogdanovic added 26 points.
The Pelicans shot 54.8% from the field and 42.3% from 3 to the Jazz’s 46.0% and 38.5%. They outscored the Jazz 47-22 off the bench. They scored the last 11 points of the game. The Pelicans outscored the Jazz 28-16 in 9 minutes with Favors, Ingram, Ball, Jackson and Hart on the floor together. Josh Hart fouled out for the Pelicans, and Royce O'Neale and Gobert for the Jazz.