ORLANDO, Fla. – Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help the Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 124-109 on Saturday night.
Utah bounced back from a loss a night earlier in Miami, improving to 6-1 following a defeat. The NBA-leading Jazz have lost consecutive games just once all season and not since Jan.
6 when they were 4-4. Mitchell shook off a scoreless first quarter and scored 15 points in the third quarter when Utah pushed a four-point halftime lead out to as much as 14.
The Jazz led my 19 in the fourth quarter and improved to 25-0 when leading after three periods. Utah won by double digits for an NBA-best 23rd time this season.