With the Jazz down 32-19, the team’s Twitter account seemed unfazed. “We prefer a comeback ANYWAY,” the Jazz’s online persona tweeted. It looked too optimistic as within three minutes, the Magic had doubled up the Jazz, 42-21. 

The Magic hadn’t lost a game all year after being up by 20.

The Jazz hadn’t won a game all year after being down by 20.

And, per Jazz radio voice David Locke, NBA teams this season were 9-225 when down by 20 or more. The Jazz etched their name as the 10th to win, as they used a strong second half to win 106-93.

Game MVP

After being criticized for his 0-fer performance in the fourth quarter in the loss to Milwaukee on Monday, Donovan Mitchell made sure he didn’t put up a sequel.

He fueled the Jazz run in the third as he drove circles around the defense and found cutters and shooters aplenty. Breathless, he motioned to the bench to be checked out. When he came back in in the final frame, DM45 put on a grand finale. 

He scored the first five for the Jazz in the fourth quarter and then continued to accelerate with 14 total points. He finished with a smooth 33 points on 12-for-21 shooting, including making four of seven from deep, while adding seven assists to just two turnovers. 

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