SALT LAKE CITY — While the Utah Jazz were excellent defensively throughout the regular season, they occasionally put together long stretches of individual games in which they were particularly good, shutting down the opponent to key a big run.
On Saturday night during Game 3 of the Jazz’s first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Vivint Arena, the final four minutes of the third quarter was such a run as Utah came away with a 115-102 victory to take a 2-1 series lead.
In all during the stretch, the Jazz outscored the Thunder 14-5 to stretch a five-point lead to 14 heading into the fourth quarter.