The Utah Jazz (37 - 43) eradicated the Portland Trail Blazer’s (51 - 29) chances of hosting Game 1 in the postseason’s first round with an 111 - 105 win. Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward were given the night off, the second game of a back - to - back set. The Jazz has the fifth best record since trading Enes Kanter, winning two - thirds of their games since the All-Star break. Trevor Booker and Joe Ingles started for Favors and Hayward. Booker shocked the NBA world with a career - high 36 points, nine rebounds, two steals, one block, one assist and four three - pointers in 36 minutes. The Jazz’s first - round rookies offered dissimilar performances. Dante Exum recorded six turnovers in 23 minutes while Rodney Hood scored 21 points and dished out a career - high eight assists in 31 minutes. He’s averaging 20 points on 51 percent shooting the last five games, challenging the Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins for Western Conference Rookie of the Month. Elijah Millsap, Chris Johnson and Bryce Cotton all scored 11 points off the bench, topped by Jeremy Evans’ 12 points to give the Jazz’s reserves 45 points. With the Blazers locked into the four seed as a division winner, they’ve nothing to play for after falling three games behind the Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, and San Antonio Spurs with two games remaining. They were without Arron Afflalo and LaMarcus Aldridge, both suffering injuries in Thursday’s loss to the Golden State Warriors. C.J. McCollum and Meyers Leonard started and found success on the offensive end. McCollum reached double - figure points for the seventh straight game, scoring 26 points, grabbing eight rebounds, acquiring three steals, recording three assists and hitting two three - pointers in 40 minutes. Leonard, curator of a 51 percent field goal mark, 42 percent three - point accuracy, and 93 percent free - throw marksmanship, scored 12 points and grabbed four rebounds but missed all four three - point tries in 25 minutes. Damian Lillard led the team with 28 points, Nicolas Batum supplemented his 1 - of - 10 shooting night with a team - high eight assists, and Robin Lopez found success against Rudy Gobert by scoring 21 points on 8 - of - 14 from the field. The Jazz get an off day before competing against the Dallas Mavericks. The Portland Trail Blazers begin a two - game homestand against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday to close out the season.
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