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NBA: Hornets survive tight fourth quarter to beat Jazz

/ 01:37 PM March 26, 2022

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Miles Bridges #0 of the Charlotte Hornets celebrates his three-point shot in the first half against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on January 17, 2022 in New York City. Elsa/Getty Images/AFP

Miles Bridges scored 26 points and Terry Rozier had 25 points as the Charlotte Hornets defeated the visiting Utah Jazz 107-101 to revive their playoff hopes Friday night.

LaMelo Ball added 21 points for the Hornets (38-36), who were trying to atone for a home loss to the New York Knicks that ended a five-game winning streak.

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Donovan Mitchell poured in 26 points and Jordan Clarkson finished with 19 points for the Jazz (45-29).

In a back-and-forth fourth quarter, the Hornets continually made enough plays down the stretch after grabbing the lead.

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Utah made nearly as many threes (17) as it did twos (21). The Jazz were just 8-for-11 at the free-throw line.

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Mason Plumlee and Bridges both grabbed 11 boards to help Charlotte to a 45-38 edge on the glass despite Rudy Gobert’s 19 rebounds. The Hornets also showed efficiency with only nine turnovers.

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The backcourt tandem of Rozier and Ball launched a total of 42 shots from the field, both making nine of those. Rozier finished 5-for-8 on 3-pointers.

The teams played more than a 5 ½-minute stretch that included part of the fourth quarter without a margin of more than two points.

Mitchell seemed willing to try to carry the Jazz, going 10-for-21 from the field. He and Juancho Hernangomez both made four 3-point shots for Utah. Gobert, Michael Conley and Eric Paschall all had 11 points for the Jazz.

Rozier’s 3-pointer with 6:26 left in the fourth quarter gave the Hornets a six-point edge.

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But Mitchell led the Jazz back to within one before Bridges and Rozier both made two free throws in the final minute.

After giving up 40 first-quarter points to the Knicks on Wednesday, the Hornets were locked in better defensively. They led 54-51 at halftime.

The Jazz fell to 1-3 on what will be a six-game road trip. Utah and Charlotte split the two-game season series.

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