Keyonte George Finds Lauri Markkanen For Highlight Alley-Oop Slam

SALT LAKE CITY – Rookie guard Keyonte George showed off his vision with a dime to a cutting Lauri Markkanen who rose up for a highlight alley-oop dunk against the Toronto Raptors.

The play gave Markkanen his 18th point of the night.

come for the finnish,
stay for the bench reax⁰ 🤣#TakeNote | @MarkkanenLauri pic.twitter.com/P7hKRu2ws5

— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 13, 2024

Utah’s bench lit up after the slam. Collin Sexton and Kris Dunn celebrated with a movie-making handshake.

On the following play, George found Markkanen again for a catch-and-shoot three.

Utah was firing on all cylinders in Delta Center on Friday.

Shooting 53.7% from the floor and 48.6% from deep, the Jazz scored the most points through three-quarters of any game this season with 105.

fourth quarter on the way! pic.twitter.com/h9CQkLz7yd

— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 13, 2024

Markkanen led the way for Utah with 22 points on 7/11 from the field and 4/6 from three.

Jazz Seek First Four-Game Win Streak Against Raptors

The Jazz will face the Raptors amid one of the more unforeseen stretches in franchise history.

After opening the season with a 7-16 record the Jazz have rapidly re-entered the Western Conference playoff picture well before the All-Star break in February.

There have been 524 instances in NBA regular-season history of a team facing an opponent with a .650+ win pct (min. 30 games played) in 3 consecutive games.

The @utahjazz are the only ones to win all 3 by double digits (beat 76ers by 11, Bucks by 16 & Nuggets by 13). pic.twitter.com/cp4npjyZsf

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) January 11, 2024

The Jazz sit a half-game back of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets for the ninth and tenth seeds in the West, and one full game back of the Phoenix Suns for the eighth seed.

The Jazz have three separate three-game winning streaks this season but have been unable to record a fourth consecutive win.

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Chandler Holt is a co-host for the Jazz Notes podcast and a Digital Sports Producer for KSLSports.com, specializing in all things basketball and football. Follow Chandler on Twitter @ChandlerHoltKSL or on Threads @chandlerho1t.

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