Agbaji, who led Kansas to the NCAA championship a 12 months in the past, made a number of key performs down the stretch to assist the Jazz win in spite of the absence of injured starters. Lauri Markkanen (again) Jordan Clarkson (finger) and Collin Sexton (hamstring).
Eight Jazz avid gamers scored in double figures as Utah (35-36) jumped out to a 25-point lead after which regained composure after falling at the back of early within the fourth quarter.
Kelly Olynyk tallied 19 issues, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, Kris Dunn added 18 issues and 10 assists off the bench and Udoka Azubuike contributed 13 issues and 8 forums for the Jazz. Walker Kessler had 10 issues, 8 rebounds and 5 blocked photographs.
De’Aaron Fox produced 37 issues and 7 assists and Keegan Murray had 22 issues, however the Kings (43-28) noticed their three-game profitable streak finish. Sacramento additionally took its first loss in 8 street outings.
The Kings grabbed their first lead at 100-98 with 9:15 closing and appeared to have the momentum after erasing the Jazz’s large lead with a 43-point 3rd quarter.
However, Utah did not back off and went up 102–100 due to consecutive dunks through Azubuike.
Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis, who simplest scored 11 issues however had 12 rebounds and 9 assists, broke a tie with a bucket on the 2:58 mark.
Ogbaji replied with a 3-pointer and added any other basket for a 118–115 Utah lead with 2:06 to head.
Fox and Olynyk then traded 3-pointers, and Dunn made it a five-point Jazz lead with two makes on the free-throw line with 1:06 closing.
A Sabonis dunk lower the distance to 123–120, however Agbaji restored the five-point merit with a couple of unfastened throws with 41.1 closing and Utah closed it out.
The Jazz went on a 19–1 run and held Sacramento to 19 first-quarter issues en path to a 21-point lead. The margin grew to twenty-five early in the second one quarter.
The Kings trimmed the deficit slightly sooner than heading into halftime trailing 68-52. The Jazz shot 56.5 p.c from the sphere and hit 10 of 21 3-point makes an attempt in an explosive first part.
Sacramento opened the 3rd quarter on a 24–10 run and pulled even heading into the fourth quarter after the groups exchanged 7–0 surges.
(With inputs from Reuters)