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Golden State Warriors at Utah Jazz

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25-25, 10-12 Away
Final
128 - 131

12-37, 5-18 Home

Jordan Clarkson scores 31 points to lift Jazz to 131-128 win over Warriors

Kessler's block of Draymond leads to a go-ahead trey for Jazz

Isaiah Collier added 20 points and 11 assists. Walker Kessler chipped in 15 points and 18 rebounds and John Collins added 19 points.

Stephen Curry led Golden State with 32 points and seven assists. Brandin Podziemski added a career-high 29 points and Buddy Hield chipped in 18.

Golden State played with a shortened rotation after Jimmy Butler earlier in the day.

Trailing Utah 100-96 following a jumper by Collier, Golden State went ahead when Curry and Hield combined to make three straight 3-pointers during an 11-0 run. Two more back-to-back 3s from Curry and Hield made it 120-110 with 3:30 left.

Utah made four straight baskets — highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers from Clarkson — and took a 127-126 lead on George’s 3-pointer with 27 seconds left.

Takeaways Warriors: Podziemski had his third 20-point game of the season and two have come against the Jazz. He’s averaging 21.3 points per game against Utah this season.

Jazz: Kessler has 46 rebounds over his last three contests.

Key moment The Jazz scored on 10 straight possessions over the final three minutes after trailing by double digits.

Key stat Utah won just for the third time in its last 16 games against Golden State.

Up next Golden State visits the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. Utah is at Phoenix on Friday night.

Regular Season Series

GS wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 128 - 131
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 128 - 131
4th 7.0 Draymond Green bad pass (Keyonte George steals) 128 - 131
4th 9.0 John Collins makes free throw 2 of 2 128 - 131
4th 9.0 Walker Kessler enters the game for Svi Mykhailiuk 128 - 130

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/gs.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originGS https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/utah.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTAH
46-100 FG 48-92
46.0 Field Goal % 52.2
17-48 3PT 13-37
35.4 Three Point % 35.1
19-27 FT 22-27
70.4 Free Throw % 81.5
41 Rebounds 48
12 Offensive Rebounds 12
29 Defensive Rebounds 36
33 Assists 30
6 Steals 5
4 Blocks 5
9 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 1
9 Total Turnovers 13
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 1
12 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 15
14 Fast Break Points 17
44 Points in Paint 54
24 Fouls 23
11 Largest Lead 14
Utah Jazz Utah Jazz Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Elijah Harkless, G Out Apr 12
KJ Martin, F Out Apr 12
John Collins, PF Out Apr 12
Lauri Markkanen, PF Out Apr 12
Isaiah Collier, G Out Apr 12
Golden State Warriors Golden State Warriors Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Stephen Curry, PG Out May 10

Game Information

Delta Center

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 18,175 · Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 50 32 .610 - L1
LA Clippers 50 32 .610 - W8
Golden State 48 34 .585 2 L1
Sacramento 40 42 .488 10 W1
Phoenix 36 46 .439 14 L1

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 68 14 .829 - W4
Denver 50 32 .610 18 W3
Minnesota 49 33 .598 19 W3
Portland 36 46 .439 32 W1
Utah 17 65 .207 51 L2
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