The Utah Jazz look for their third consecutive victory on Sunday when visiting the New York Knicks. Utah is first in the Northwest division at 44-26 and 2 ½ games ahead of the second place Denver Nuggets. Utah defeated the LA Clippers 121-92 on Friday. Rudy Gobert was the leading scorer for Utah with 19 points and also pulled down a team-leading 16 rebounds. Jared Butler chipped in with 21 points for the Jazz.
Donovan Mitchell is leading Utah in scoring and assists with averages of 25.7 points and 5.5 assists per game, while Rudy Gobert is the leading rebounder with an average of 14.8 rebounds per game. Bojan Bogdanovic is the second leading scorer with an average of 18.1 points per game and one of five players for Utah averaging double-figures in scoring. Utah is scoring an average of 114.0 points per game.
New York looks for its third consecutive win on Sunday when hosting Utah. The Knicks are last in the Atlantic division at 30-40 and 13 ½ games behind the first-place Philadelphia 76ers. New York defeated the Washington Wizards 100-97 on Friday night. Julius Randle scored 18 points and pulled down 17 rebounds for New York, while RJ Barrett also scored 18 points for the Knicks.
Julius Randle is leading New York in scoring, rebounding and assists with averages of 20.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game. RJ Barrett is the second leading scorer with an average of 19.5 points per game and one of seven players for New York averaging double-figures in scoring. As a team, New York is scoring an average of 106.3 points per game while shooting 43.7% overall and 35.5% from three-point territory.
