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SPORTS Monday 13 January 2020
Bogdonovic, Gobert help streaking Jazz beat Wizards 127-116

By IAN QUILLEN third, but Gobert's layup lier that season. ... Gobert
Associated Press gave Utah the lead for picked up his team-high
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even good with 10 seconds left fifth technical foul.
on their biggest roll in two in the quarter. Wizards: Prior to the game,
years, the Utah Jazz be- The Jazz opened the fourth waived guard C.J. Miles,
lieve they can get a lot on a 14-5 run to build their who had been out since
better. lead to 11. late November following
Bojan Bogdonovic scored Washington would close it wrist surgery, signed former
31 points, Rudy Gobert to within three once, but two-way center Anzejs Pas-
added 21 points and 14 re- Gobert's three dunks in- ecniks to a full-time con-
bounds and the Jazz beat side the final four minutes tract, and signed forward
the Washington Wizards helped seal the win. Johnathan Williams to a
127-116 on Sunday for their "He does a good job of just two-way contract. ... Beal
ninth straight victory. being seven feet, and us- played 27 minutes after
Utah overcame a 15-point ing his arms and his length coach Scott Brooks said his
deficit in the third quarter to his advantage," Beal time would be limited. His Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) goes to the basket
to win for the the 14th time said. season low is 24. against Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) during the
in 15 games and climb up TIP-INS KEY INGREDIENT? first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in
to second place in the Jazz: Mitchell sat out two Utah's nine-game streak Washington.
Western Conference. days after playing through lines up exactly with Clark- Associated Press
"It's pretty good, but we illness Friday night. Em- son's arrival in a trade from game, but especially at the was in his second game
feel like we can be a lot manuel Mudiay started in Cleveland the day before end," Gobert said. "Getting back after missing nine
better," Gobert said. "The Mitchell's place. ... Utah Christmas. His 23 points to the rim, getting fouled, with a quad injury. Center
goal is not just to be sec- last won nine in a row from bested his previous high for finding the open way, he Thomas Bryant scored eight
ond in the West, but be the March 2-18, 2018. Utah of 20 twice. did a tremendous job." points in 15 minutes in his re-
best team in the West at The Jazz also had an 11- "He made some huge GETTING HEALTHY turn after missing 20 games
the end of the playoffs." game winning streak ear- plays, through the whole In addition to Beal, Bertans with a foot injury.q
Jordan Clarkson added 17
of his 23 points in the sec-
ond half for the Jazz, one
of six players in double fig-
ures as team scoring lead-
er Donovan Mitchell sat
out because of an illness.
"Obviously, Donovan is one
of our key guys, so there's
always going to be a lot of
adjustment, a little differ-
ent from any player," Jazz
coach Quin Snyder said. "I
thought our guys did a re-
ally good job of absorbing
that collectively."
Bradley Beal scored 25
points for Washington af-
ter missing five games with
right leg soreness.
Davis Bertans added 18
points and Jordan McRae
had 16 . Washington lost
at home for the first time in
four games after letting the
third-quarter lead evapo-
rate.
"I think our aggression on
both ends of the floor kind
of slipped," Beal said. "Turn-
ing the ball over, shot se-
lection. Sometimes we had
a lot of one-pass shots, no-
pass shots. We were kind of
slow pushing the pace."
Utah had a 21-3 run to
take an 83-80 lead late in
the third quarter. Clarkson
gave Utah its first advan-
tage since midway through
the first quarter with a driv-
ing layup that made it 81-
80, and followed that with
a floater.
The teams traded baskets
for the remainder of the