Power forward Julius Randle had a double-double of 30 points and 16 rebounds that helped the New York Knicks to star in another comeback in the game they beat the Utah Jazz 112-100.
The Knicks won their third consecutive game and fifth in the last six they have played.
Reserve point guard Austin Rivers added 23 points, his best so far this season, his first with the New York team, and starter Elfryd Payton added another 22 as the Knicks’ best scorers (5-3) alongside Randle.
For the Jazz, the leading scorer was reserve point guard Jordan Clarkson, with 19 points, but like the rest of his teammates he had no consistency and it was difficult for the Utah team to suffer the second consecutive defeat in consecutive nights after yesterday, Tuesday, they lost by 130-96 thrashing against the Brooklyn Nets.
The guard Donovan Mitchell had 18 points and the French center Rudy Gobert had a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds, which also did not prevent the defeat of the Jazz (4-4), who had up to 18 scores ahead in the first half.
But the Knicks dominated them with a 34-19 run in the third period to change game history.
The Jazz were “swept” in a series of consecutive games in New York. The Brooklyn Nets defeated them 130-96 on Tuesday.
Utah coach Quin Snyder said it was difficult to have a normal preparation for Wednesday’s game due to the difficulty in concentrating on basketball while observing the violence experienced in Washington with the temporary takeover of the Capitol by a group of supporters of President Donald Trump.
