Gordon Hayward scored 13 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz held on for a 101-99 victory over the Bucks as Milwaukee missed their last 5 shots in the closing minute.
Hayward also had 6 assists and 6 rebounds on the night while Enes Kantner scored 23 points while grabbing 16 rebounds for the Jazz. Rudy Gobert scored 14 points with 10 rebounds of his own and Dante Exum scored 15 points with 5 assists on the night. Trey Burke came off the bench for the Jazz to score 10 points.
Brandon Knight and Jared Dudley led the Bucks in scoring with 16 each. The newest member of the NBA All-Star weekend’s Slam Dunk Contest, the ‘Greek Freak’ aka Giannis Antetokounmpo, had a 13 point,6 rebound night for Milwaukee. Zaza Pachulia dropped 10 points with 10 rebounds for Milwaukee and O.J. Mayo came off the bench to score 12 points.
One of the final misses for the Bucks included a final opportunity when an officials review awarded them the ball out of bounds under the basket with 7.1 seconds left. Brandon Knight missed a jumper with 2 seconds left and Zaza Pachulia missed the tip-in at the buzzer after wanting the foul from the officials.
Utah Jazz are 15-28, Milwaukee Bucks are 21-21.
