CJ McCollum scored six of his 45 points in overtime and the host New Orleans Pelicans set a franchise record by overcoming a 25-point deficit in defeating the Utah Jazz 123-119 on Monday night.
Dejounte Murray had 26 points and 11 assists, Trey Murphy III scored 24 points and Jordan Hawkins added 18 for the Pelicans, who had beaten the Jazz 136-123 on Friday night.
Keyonte George scored 23 points to lead Utah. Isaiah Collier added 20 points and 11 assists, Walker Kessler had 19 points and 13 rebounds and Svi Mykhailiuk also scored 19 points.
Brice Sensabaugh finished with 11 points, Kyle Filipowski had 10 points and 17 rebounds and Drew Eubanks netted 10 points to round out the Jazz’s double-figure scorers.
McCollum made a layup to start the scoring in overtime, and he scored four more points to help the Pelicans take a 118-113 lead. George made a layup and added two free throws to get Utah within one with 49.7 seconds left, but Murphy answered with a 3-pointer to put the game on ice.
New Orleans scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter, and Jose Alvarado’s 3-pointer gave the Pelicans their first lead of the game, 90-89. The Jazz responded with a 10-2 run to take a seven-point lead.
The lead changed hands three times before Kessler rebounded an air ball and made a tiebreaking layup for a 110-108 lead with 33.2 seconds left in regulation. Murray’s layup tied the score with 16.1 seconds left and sent the game to overtime.
Utah scored the first 14 points of the game, led 38-19 after one quarter, took its largest lead at 46-21 early in the second and led by 20 at halftime.
George made 4 of 4 free throws to start the third-quarter scoring and extend Utah’s lead to 73-49. Murray scored seven points to help New Orleans get within 81-65, but the Jazz scored the next five points to push their lead to 21.
Murray scored four points during a 12-0 run that trimmed the New Orleans lead to 86-77. The Pelicans closed within five points before Collier’s layup left Utah with an 89-82 lead at the end of the third quarter.
–Field Level Media
