He made three 3-pointers and assisted another basket to help the Jazz rally and take a 42-31 lead early in the second quarter. Gay gave Utah an immediate lift even while playing on a minutes restriction. He made back-to-back baskets to kickstart a 9-2 run that gave the Raptors a 23-17 lead in the first quarter. Toronto lost for the sixth time in seven games despite scoring 37 points off 24 Jazz turnovers.īirch gave Toronto an early spark, scoring all 14 of his points before halftime. scored a season-high 31 points for Toronto, and Fred VanVleet added 24. They also shot it pretty good from three - they’re a good shooting team and a really tough team to defend.” “They got a lot of buckets at the rim tonight,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. Utah shot 55% from the field and scored 48 points in the paint. Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 11 rebounds. He made shots, but that’s a byproduct of making the right play.”ĭonovan Mitchell also scored 20 points for Utah, and Royce O’Neale added a season-high 16.
“Made the game easy because of the decisions that he made.
“He played within himself,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said.
