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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021 Jazz three- barrage beats Hornets Wizards beat Lakers in OT • Mavs, Suns win LOS ANGELES: Donovan Mitchell had 23 points and eight assists as the NBA-leading rained a franchise-record 28 three-pointers in a 132-110 rout of the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. Joe Ingles and Georges Niang scored 21 points apiece as the Jazz got a superb offensive performance from their bench to win for the 21st time in their last 23 games and improve to 25-6 overall. Jordan Clarkson (five threes), Mike Conley (four threes), Mitchell (three threes) and Royce O’Neale (two threes) contributed to the Jazz’s domination from beyond the arc. Conley also had 15 points. Gordon Hayward scored 21 points but had to leave the game in the fourth quarter with a hand injury as the Hornets’ six-game road trip got off to a rocky start. Rookie LaMelo Ball also scored 21 points as the Hornets kept it close until the fourth quarter when the Jazz seized command. In Texas, Tim Hardaway scored a team-high 29 points as the delivered one of their best defensive games of the season, by limiting the to just 39 percent shooting on Monday. Luka Doncic scored 21 points and Jalen Brunson chipped in 19 as the Mavericks returned from an unexpected eight-day break to post a 103-92 victo- ry at the American Airlines Center. The Mavericks had not played since February 14 after a devastating winter storm wreaked havoc on the Dallas area and forced two postponements. Brunson scored 17 points as Dallas won its fifth game in the last six. The Mavs came out quickly, compiling a double- SALT LAKE CITY: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz dunks the ball during the game against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt digit lead in the first half of the opening quarter, and Lake City, Utah. — AFP cruised from there. had 22 points and a game-high nine Elsewhere, scored 34 points as the Lillard’s 24 points came on the same day he created a the Washington Wizards won their fifth straight, beat- assists for the Grizzlies, who suffered their second posted their 12th win in the last 14 games stir by calling out the man- ing the 127-124 in at straight loss and were held to their second-lowest sea- by rolling to a 132-100 victory over the visiting agement for hiring Chris Finch as their new head coach Staples Center. LeBron James carried Los Angeles son point total. The Grizzlies scored just two more . added 19 points instead of former Portland assistant David Vanterpool. offensively, scoring a team-high 31 points but the points than they scored in a loss to Cleveland last as the Suns dominated to open the second half by Nassir Little scored 18 points, Gary Trent had 11 and Lakers missed two chances to force double overtime month. finished with 12 points, Brandon outscoring the Trail Blazers 37-17 in the third quarter. added 10 for the Trail Blazers. Enes and instead lost their third in a row. It does not get any Clarke and Jonas Valanciunas 11 apiece and delivered 24 points and seven assists Kanter collected 15 rebounds for Portland, which shot easier for the Lakers, who are playing without the 10 for Memphis. Valanciunas also grabbed 15 rebounds for Portland, who dropped their second straight contest 12 of 39 from behind the arc. injured , as their next game is today to complete a double-double. following a season-long six-game winning streak. In Los Angeles, Bradley Beal scored 33 points as against the Jazz. — AFP