LAS VEGAS – The Dallas Mavericks seemingly had control of Saturday’s NBA 2K25 Summer League opener against the Utah Jazz.
The Mavs led, 59-48, early in the third quarter. But the Jazz went on a furious 30-11 run and proceeded to edge the Mavs, 90-89, at Cox Pavilion.
That pivotal run bridging the third and fourth quarters gave the Jazz a 78-70 lead with 7:11 remaining in the game. From there, they squeezed out the victory at the end.
“Obviously they got a lot of vets there, they switched a lot of ball screens, a lot of turnovers, driving and getting bad shot selections, and we knew that was going to happen,” Mavs summer league coach Jared Dudley said.