Memphis scored its only basket in overtime on Bane’s runner with 27.5 seconds left. Utah went ahead for good when Mitchell and Gobert scored on back-to-back possessions to help the Jazz carve out a 119-113 lead. “After it goes to overtime, it would have been very easy to (feel) defeated,” Utah coach Quin Snyder said.
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Mitchell went 1 for 2 from the free throw line with 5.6 seconds on the clock and the Jazz leading 109-108. Jackson made a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute of regulation and Kyle Anderson put back Bane’s airball on a 3-pointer before the buzzer to force overtime. 1 offense in the league,” Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said. “For the most part, I thought our guys did a really good job against the No. Their absence didn’t stop the Grizzlies from producing big baskets as the fourth quarter wound down. The same injury has sidelined Morant since mid-March. Ja Morant (right knee soreness) and Dillon Brooks (right hip soreness) were both inactive. Memphis played without its top two scorers. Tyus Jones added 24 points and Desmond Bane had 23 points, seven rebounds and four steals.
You get a chance to win every night when you do that.” “There’s a trust and communication that we had, an intensity that we had down the stretch. “A week ago, we probably don’t win that game, don’t win in overtime,” Gobert said. This was a much-needed win for a Utah team coming off its sixth straight road loss, a game where it blew a 21-point lead to Golden State. The Jazz won their fourth straight home game after holding Memphis without a basket for the first 4 1/2 minutes of overtime. Hassan Whiteside tallied 14 points and 10 boards off the bench. Donovan Mitchell added 20 points, eight rebounds, and five assists. Jordan Clarkson also finished with 22 points for Utah. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 21 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz clinched a playoff berth with a 121-115 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.