SALT LAKE CITY (AP) \u2014 De\u2019Aaron Fox scored 31 points, Victor Wembanyama had 26 points and 13 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz 126-109 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Fox shot 10 of 13 from the field with six 3-pointers. Wembanyama \u2014 along with five blocks \u2014 shot 9 of 14 with four 3s one game after a 5-of-21 performance in a loss to Houston.<\/p>\n
Keldon Johnson added 21 points and Stephon Castle had 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as the Spurs won their fourth game in their last five.<\/p>\n
Utah\u2019s Jusuf Nurkic had 17 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds for his second triple-double in as many games, and third of his career. The Jazz went more than 15 seasons (2008-24) without a single triple-double until the consecutive performances by Nurkic.<\/p>\n
The center became the first Jazz player to have back-to-back triple doubles since Pete Maravich in January 1975.<\/p>\n
Most of Nurkic\u2019s 14 career-high assists came on back-door passes from the high post and resulted in dunks and layups for his teammates \u2014 but they didn\u2019t do enough on the defensive end.<\/p>\n
Ace Bailey scored a career-high 25 points and Keyonte George had 23, but none in the fourth quarter as the Spurs finished on a 27-10 spurt and handed the Jazz their fifth loss in the last six games.<\/p>\n
The Spurs shot 50.6% from the field and 41.9% from 3-point range while outscoring the Jazz on fast-break points 32-10. Utah allows more points than any team in the NBA, an average of 127.3 points. <\/p>\n
The teams were tied at 31 after one quarter, but the Spurs went on a 17-2 run over the first 3:24 of the second. Julian Champagnie hit his fourth 3 of the half to cap the surge.<\/p>\n
The Jazz played from behind until catching the Spurs to tie it at 99. But the Spurs scored 10 straight points and took a 109-99 lead on Fox\u2019s 3-pointer with 6:54 to play.<\/p>\n
The Jazz are 1-11 without Lauri Markkanen, who sat out after a long illness.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
San Antonio: Hosts New Orleans on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Utah: Hosts Miami on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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