The Utah Jazz routed the Sacramento Kings 154-105.
The Jazz led by as many as 54, pulling away with a 27-4 run in the second quarter.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 24 points (12 in the first quarter). Jordan Clarkson added 23 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) off the bench, and Rudy Gobert had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks. All 17 of Matt Thomas’ points came in the fourth quarter. The Jazz had 8 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Kings, Buddy Hield had 18 points, 7 assists and 3 blocks.
The Jazz shot 64.0% from the field and 58.5% from 3 to the Kings’ 48.3% and 33.3%. The Jazz made 24 3-pointers, 5 of them by Georges Niang and 4 by Clarkson. The Kings got 3 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Jazz outscored the Kings 76-50 off the bench. The Jazz outscored the Kings 23-9 in 5 minutes with Bogdanovic, Gobert, Clarkson, Ingles and Niang on the floor together.