Jordan Clarkson scored 30 points and Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in with 24 as the Utah Jazz crushed the San Antonio Spurs 126-94 on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City for their third consecutive win.
Combined with the Atlanta Hawks’ 135-103 win over the Phoenix Suns, Utah regained first place in the Western Conference and the top record in theNBA. The Jazz (48-18) are now up a game on the Suns (47-19) with six games remaining in the regular season.
San Antonio (31-34) remains in the No. 10 spot in the West, in the final position to make theNBA’s new play-in tournament.
Luka Samanic scored a team-high 15 points for the Spurs, who only shot 40.2 percent from the floor.
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