Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points (15 in the first quarter), and the Utah Jazz beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-108 for their fourth straight win.
Mike Conley’s 28-foot 3-pointer answered Darius Garland’s 8-foot floater and put the Jazz back ahead for good with 2:48 left in the fourth quarter.
The Cavaliers had the ball down 1 with 1:03 left, but Rudy Gobert blocked Garland’s driving layup at the rim. It would have put the Cavaliers ahead. They had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Evan Mobley missed a tip attempt at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Jazz 8-7. Garland scored 6 of the Cavaliers’ 8 on 3 for 6 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Cedi Osman had 2 steals in 42 seconds, the first leading to his own driving dunk and the second to Ricky Rubio’s driving layup that tied the game at 97. With 3:24 left, Rubio stole the ball from Gobert, and Garland’s 8-foot floater off it put the Cavaliers ahead 106-104.
Rudy Gay had 15 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 8 rebounds off the bench, and Gobert added 6 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks.
For the Cavaliers, Garland had 31 points and 4 steals, and Jarrett Allen added 17 points and 10 rebounds.
The Jazz made 20 3-pointers, 4 of them by Bojan Bogdanovic and 4 by Royce O'Neale. The Cavaliers gave up 14 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Jazz missed. The Jazz’s starters outscored the Cavaliers 53-39 in 21 minutes together.