Jazz at Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans recovered from a 17-point deficit to beat Utah earlier this week and look to sweep the home-and-home set when they host the Jazz on Wednesday. New Orleans turned around Monday's game in Salt Lake City with a 22-2 burst to rally for a 115-112 victory over the Jazz.
The Pelicans overcame a 19-point deficit to stun the host Denver Nuggets on Saturday and the win over Utah allowed them to win the final three contests of a four-game road trip. "I think this season we have been in most of our games and down the stretch we didn't complete the game," New Orleans point guard Jrue Holiday told reporters after Monday's win. "As of late, we have doing a really good job of that executing and getting big wins." The Jazz had a four-game winning streak snapped and center Rudy Gobert said that rebounding from the loss is important. "It's the NBA. Any team can lose to any team on a given night," Gobert told reporters. "The most important thing is how we react to that. It's how you bounce back. We got punched in the face and we have to be better the next game."
TV: 8 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Utah), FS New Orleans
ABOUT THE JAZZ (36-27): Utah was sloppy with 18 turnovers on Monday - forward Joe Ingles had seven - and shooting guard Donovan Mitchell was just 8-of-24 shooting with six turnovers. Mitchell scored 19 points and missed a late jumper that could have put the Jazz ahead as he failed to reach 20 points for just the second time in the past 25 contests. Gobert contributed 19 points and 19 rebounds while backups Jae Crowder and Kyle Korver shared team-high scoring honors with 20 points apiece.
ABOUT THE PELICANS (30-36): Holiday and power forward Julius Randle each scored 30 points in Monday's victory as they continue to lead the offense now that star big man Anthony Davis (15 points in 22 minutes) is seeing diminished playing time. Randle is averaging 25.8 points over the past eight games while Holiday is averaging 24.3 over the same span. "We have just been feeding off each other's energy," Randle told reporters. "It is easy to go out there and play that hard when you play that hard every night. For me, personally, I definitely do. So we just feed off of each other's energy, constantly in attack mode and fight to the last buzzer."
BUZZER BEATERS
1. The Jazz have won five straight games in New Orleans, including a 132-111 victory on Oct. 27.
2. Davis also collected 11 rebounds on Monday for his first double-double since Feb. 9.
3. Korver made five 3-pointers on Monday and is 12-of-25 from long range over the past three games.