MVP of the night
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More than 50 points for a Jazz player, we had to go back to Karl Malone (1998) to find traces of such a regular season performance. Exactly 2,155 games into the regular season later, “The Finn” succeeded “Poštar” by scoring 51 points for the Suns and contributing to his team’s overtime success.
Lauri Markkanen also became the first player in Jazz history to surpass 50 points, 10 rebounds and at least 5 3-pointers (6/13) in a game. A performance he enjoys even more because victory is at the end. Enough to motivate him to keep giving more and more.
“I never tell myself I’m going to score 50 points, but when it comes to overtime and you’re up 47 points and they start fouling, then you tell yourself there’s a good chance it’s going to happen.”, he explained. “The game gets clearer and the more it happens, the hungrier it makes you, so I hope it won’t be the last.”
At the end of the effort
The matchup was insane, Utah went on a 19-2 run in less than five minutes, capped by two 3-pointers from Lauri Markkanen. But Phoenix held on and even regained the lead only to eventually lose in the final seconds of overtime.
At the end of the effort, after a series of exploits, it was the Finnish interior that scored two winning shots. Two points that gave him a new career high, two and a half years after the game of 49 points.
“He showed phenomenal heart. He was really physical tonight and hit a lot of big shots.”summed up his coach Phil Hardy.
After coming out of EuroBasket where he once again shined in the national team, Lauri Markkanen continues his rise to power in the Big League. 20 points against the Clippers, 33 against the Kings and 51 last night against the Suns. The Blazers, who travel to Salt Lake City tomorrow night, have received a warning!
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| Lauri Markkanen | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | CHI | 68 | 30 | 43.4 | 36.2 | 84.3 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 15.2 |
| 2018-19 | CHI | 52 | 32 | 43.0 | 36.1 | 87.2 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 18.7 |
| 2019-20 | CHI | 50 | 30 | 42.5 | 34.4 | 82.4 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 14.7 |
| 2020-21 | CHI | 51 | 26 | 48.0 | 40.2 | 82.6 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.6 |
| 2021-22 | CLE | 61 | 31 | 44.5 | 35.8 | 86.8 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 14.8 |
| 2022-23 ☆ | UTH | 66 | 34 | 49.9 | 39.1 | 87.5 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 25.6 |
| 2023-24 | UTH | 55 | 33 | 48.0 | 39.9 | 89.9 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 23.2 |
| 2024-25 | UTH | 47 | 31 | 42.3 | 34.6 | 87.6 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 19.0 |
| 2025-26 | UTH | 2 | 35 | 55.6 | 40.0 | 83.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 26.5 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2025-10-28 07:12:00
