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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Trey Burke scored 22 points off the bench to lead the Utah Jazz to a 94-89 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.
The Jazz needed extra offense with Derrick Favors sidelined with back spasms and Burke provided it.
The Thunder were poised for a blowout as Russell Westbrook scored 13 first-quarter points and Oklahoma City led by 16 early in the second quarter. Utah quieted Westbrook and outscored the Thunder 55-29 over the next quarter and a half to take a 10-point lead into the fourth.
Westbrook finished with 37 points, six assists and eight rebounds. Enes Kanter had 18 and 11 rebounds against his former team.
Burke played one of his most aggressive games of late, constantly driving the lane and putting pressure on the Thunder defense.
Gordon Hayward scored 17 and Rudy Gobert added 13 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks.
Westbrook scored just four points combined in the second and third quarters, and that's when the Jazz went on their run. He warmed back up in the fourth with 20 points and helped pull the Thunder within two, but it too little, too late.
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TIP-INS
Thunder: Center Mitch McGary and Burke were teammates at Michigan during its run to the 2013 NCAA championship game, where the Wolverines lost to Louisville.
Jazz: The team held a moment of silence for former announcer Hot Rod Hundley, who died Friday. The players wore a black strip on the left shoulder of their jerseys. ... Rodney Hood returned to the lineup after missing the last two games with a stomach issue.
UP NEXT
THUNDER: At Phoenix Suns on Sunday.
JAZZ: At Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday.
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