Another great game from him in Utah.
Markkanen (Photo: Reuters)
Only two games were played tonight (between Thursday and Friday) in the NBA.
Washington lost at Utah without Avdia who was suffering from back pain.
New Orleans beat San Antonio at home.
Tonight's games:
New Orleans (12:19) - San Antonio (21:10) 117:126
Utah (16:18) - Washington (21:12) 112:120
40 points in a New Orleans win.
McCollum (Photo: Reuters)
Utah (16:18) - Washington (21:12) 112:120
After giving perhaps his best game of the season and scoring 16 points in a victory over Phoenix, Danny Abedia missed his first game of the season due to back pain and his team "returned to Sura" with an 11 loss in The last 12 games.
Washington opened the fourth quarter trailing only 93:90, but Utah stormed at the start of the last quarter with an 0:8 run and opened a double-digit gap that reached 16 points and cruised to home win number 12 this season.
Jordan Clarkson scored 23 for Utah, which, as you remember, lost Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gober this summer.
The great Lauri Markkanen added 21 as Walker Kessler dominated the paint with 12 and 14 rebounds.
Bradley Beal continued his good ability since returning from injury when he scored 30 points with excellent percentages (12 of 20), Kyle Kuzma added 21, but Washington made only 7 three-pointers out of 21 attempts and as usual conceded too many points.
New Orleans (12:19) - San Antonio (21:10) 117:126
After four straight losses, New Orleans received an invitational opponent to get back to winning ways.
CJ McCollum scored a season-high 40 points and made up for the lack of Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram.
Jonas Valenciunas added 16 and 10 rebounds to the hosts, who hit 13 three-pointers, including seven by McCollum.
Jeremy Suchan scored a career-high 23 on the other end, but it was far from enough in a game that was effectively decided already in the first quarter that ended at 17:37 for the Pelicans.
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