SALT LAKE CITY _ Six minutes. That was all it took for the Utah Jazz to wipe out the Kings on Saturday night.
The Utah Jazz went nuclear in the first six minutes, scoring 24 points in the first 5:30 to build a double-digit lead they never came close to losing in a 123-101 win. It was the Kings' fourth-straight loss.
The Jazz's run started right after the opening tip, when a missed 3-point shot led to a Rudy Gobert jam for Utah. The Jazz went on to hit their next eight shots as the Kings' defense looked porous and out of sync.
Marvin Bagley III had an interesting night. In addition to guarding the 7-foot-1 Gobert, Bagley showed what he could do from deep, firing four 3-pointers and making one. It was his most attempts this season and he tied his season high with the one made long shot. Bagley finished with 17 points and seven rebounds. De'Aaron Fox led the Kings with 21 points.
The Jazz spent the first six minutes of the game almost on pace to score 200 points in the game, with 24 points in the first 5:30 of the game. Utah racked up a 38-22 lead during the first quarter as the Kings defense allowed both inside and outside open looks. The Jazz had no turnovers and hit 15 of 24 shots.
But the Kings hung around in the second quarter, with Fox and Bagley working a pick and roll a few times. Bagley had 12 at the break and Fox had 11.
Utah put the game away in the fourth quarter. Bojan Bogdanovic led the Jazz with 30 points, Gobert had 28 and Donovan Mitchell had 22 as Utah rocked on offense.
