National Basketball Association
Utah 123, Sacramento 101
When: 9:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 18, 2020
Where: Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #45 Brian Forte, #62 JB DeRosa
Attendance: 18306

Bojan Bogdanovic made six 3-pointers and scored 30 points to help the Utah Jazz roll to a 123-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night at Salt Lake City.

Rudy Gobert recorded a season-high 28 points on 9-of-11 shooting and also had 15 rebounds and three blocked shots, and Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points as the Jazz won for the 16th time in their past 18 games.

Jordan Clarkson scored 20 points and fellow reserve Georges Niang added 10 for the Jazz, who shot 50.6 percent from the field, including 14 of 42 from 3-point range. Joe Ingles registered a season-high 12 assists and collected nine rebounds.

De'Aaron Fox recorded 21 points and eight assists for the Kings, who have lost four straight games and 13 of their past 16. Marvin Bagley III scored 17 points, Buddy Hield added 14, Bogdan Bogdanovic tallied 11 and Nemanja Bjelica had 10.

Sacramento shot 48.8 percent from the field and was 10 of 26 from 3-point range. The Kings were outrebounded 47-37.

Utah's Mike Conley had three points and three assists in 15 minutes after missing 14 straight games and 19 of the past 20 due to a hamstring injury.

Sacramento trailed by 25 in third quarter but crept within 99-85 on Bogdan Bogdanovic's driving hoop with 9:30 remaining in the game.

Utah answered the charge as Conley drained a 3-pointer, Clarkson recorded a steal and dunk and Gobert added a dunk of his own to give the Jazz a 106-85 advantage with 8:10 left.

Clarkson buried a 3-pointer to make it 114-90 with 5:52 left, and the lead reached as many as 27 as Utah closed it out to improve to 16-3 at home.

Bojan Bogdanovic -- who is not related to Bogdan Bogdanovic -- scored 21 first-half points and Mitchell added 16 as Utah held a 63-49 lead at the break.

Bojan Bogdanovic made all six of his first-quarter shots while scoring 14 points to help the Jazz build a 38-22 lead.

The lead was 22 early in the second quarter before the Kings trimmed their deficit to 14 by halftime.

Sacramento pulled within 70-58 on a 3-pointer by Bjelica with 9:25 left in the third quarter, before Utah went on a 17-4 burst with Ingles' layup making it 87-62 with 4:27 left.

The Kings later ended the quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers by Bogdan Bogdanovic and Bjelica to trail 95-77 entering the fourth quarter.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Sacramento   Utah
De'Aaron Fox 21 Scoring Bojan Bogdanovic 30
De'Aaron Fox 8 Assists Joe Ingles 12
Marvin Bagley III 7 Rebounds Rudy Gobert 15
Nemanja Bjelica 2 Free Throws Made Rudy Gobert 10
Marvin Bagley III 1 Steals Mike Conley 2
Marvin Bagley III 2 Blocks Rudy Gobert 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Sacramento 101 48.8 10-26 7-12 20 37 3 3 10
Utah 123 50.6 14-42 23-24 24 47 4 7 10
Upcoming Games
  • Utah will play their next game at home against Indiana. The Jazz have a W/L % of .714 after a win and .643 after a loss.
  • Sacramento will play their next game on the road against Miami. The Kings have a W/L % of .375 after a win and .346 after a loss.