Jazz 94, Bucks 85
MILWAUKEE -- Seven players scored in double figures to help the Utah Jazz beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-85 on Sunday, enabling the Jazz to keep pace with the Dallas Mavericks for the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference.
With the Mavericks having pulled out a 132-120 overtime victory over Portland earlier Sunday, the Jazz needed to beat the Bucks to stay one game back of Dallas with 12 games to play.
After falling behind 53-51, Utah outscored Milwaukee 22-6 over the final 6:54 of the third quarter to build a 73-59 lead.
The Bucks went scoreless for 4:30 and were held without a field goal for 6:57 in the third quarter.
A 3-pointer by Joe Ingles, the forward's fourth triple of the fourth quarter, gave Utah a 90-74 lead with 5:52 to play.
Despite shooting just 35.0 percent from the field, Utah held a 23-22 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Rookie Trey Lyles, who scored 10 of his 14 points in the second quarter, drilled a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give the Jazz a 42-41 halftime advantage.
Gordon Hayward, who struggled Saturday against Chicago in his return following a two-game absence due to plantar fasciitis, led the Jazz with 18 points.
Shelvin Mack had 13 points for Utah and matched his career high with 12 assists to record his third double-double in his last four games.
Ingles scored all 12 of his points in the fourth quarter, while Jazz forward Derrick Favors added 12 points and center Rudy Gobert had 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Jabari Parker led the Bucks with 19 points and eight rebounds, while guard Khris Middleton added 13 points.
Milwaukee lost despite shooting 52.5 percent from the field, while Utah hit just 41.0 percent of its field-goal attempts.
The Jazz finished with a 45-27 advantage on the glass, and they scored 21 second-chance points on 17 offensive rebounds.
NOTES: Bucks PG Greivis Vasquez will not accompany Milwaukee for Monday's game in Detroit. Coach Jason Kidd said Vasquez could join the team sometime next week. Vasquez has been out since Nov. 27 with a right ankle injury. ... Jazz SF Gordon Hayward battled plantar fasciitis to play on the second game of a back-to-back Sunday. Hayward missed two games before returning Saturday against Chicago. ... Utah entered Sunday's game having won three straight and 17 of its last 21 against Milwaukee. ... Milwaukee's 17 blocked shots against Memphis on Thursday were the most by an NBA team in a game this season. The 17 rejections also were the most ever recorded by the Bucks in a home game.