HOUSTON — Lauri Markkanen had the game of his life Thursday night.
The former Arizona Wildcats star scored a career-high 49 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets that snapped a five-game skid.
Markkanen was remarkably efficient. He needed only 27 field-goal attempts to score 49 points, making 15 of them. He was 6 of 15 from 3-point range and 13 of 13 from the foul line. Markkanen added eight rebounds, one assist and one block. He did not commit a turnover. Markkanen added consecutive 3-pointers at the end of the run. Players on the Utah bench stood and cheered as he hit both of them, and they were disappointed when a last 3-point attempt that would have given him 50 points was off the mark.
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