Jaden Hardy scored a career-high 29 points (9 during a 14-0 run across the first and second quarters), and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 15 points down in the first quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 124-111.
The Mavericks trailed 33-18 with 1:43 left in the first quarter. They outscored the Jazz 106-78 the rest of the way.
Early in the fourth quarter, Reggie Bullock Jr. had 2 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to his corner 3-pointer that put the Mavericks ahead 92-89, and the Mavericks scored 3 points off them.
Josh Green scored a career-high 29 points (12 in the third quarter).
For the Jazz, Jordan Clarkson scored 26 points, and Lauri Markkanen went 1 for 7 from 3. The Jazz had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Mavericks shot 46.6% from the field and 38.5% from 3 to the Jazz’s 47.1% and 19.4%. The Jazz gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Mavericks missed. The Mavericks outscored the Jazz 27-4 on the fast break. The Mavericks outscored the Jazz 32-17 in 9 minutes with Bullock, Hardaway, Powell, Green and Hardy on the floor together. Markkanen fouled out.