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Utah Jazz ride Donovan Mitchell return past Memphis Grizzlies, overcome career-best 47 points from Ja Morant

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Ja Morant and Donovan Mitchell

Utah Jazz evened their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series against the visiting Memphis Grizzlies with a 141-129 victory on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.

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Highlights of the second game in the Western Conference first-round playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Utah Jazz

Donovan Mitchell returned to the line-up to lead a balanced attack that overpowered a career-best, 47-point performance by Ja Morant.

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Ja Morant scored an NBA playoffs franchise-record 47 points for the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of their series against the Utah Jazz

The Grizzlies' point guard became the youngest player since LeBron James to score over 45 points in a single match in the playoffs, as well as setting a new Memphis franchise record for points in a postseason game.

Mitchell, who finished with a team-high 25 points, bombed in five 3-pointers in 10 tries and teammates Mike Conley and Joe Ingles buried three apiece as the top-seeded Jazz, who led the NBA in the regular season in both most 3-pointers made and fewest allowed, dominated the eighth-seeded Grizzlies from beyond the arc to offset an upset loss in the series opener.

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Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell discusses his health after his first game since April 16, Ja Morant's huge game and travelling to Memphis for Game 3 of their playoff series.

The scene shifts to Memphis for Games 3 and 4 of the series, with the Grizzlies hosting Game 3 on Saturday.

Utah Jazz

Points Rebounds Assists
Royce O'Neale 14 8 3
Bojan Bogdanovic 18 3 1
Rudy Gobert 21 13 3
Donovan Mitchell 25 2 0
Mike Conley 20 4 15

With Mitchell still nursing a sprained right ankle, Memphis shocked the West's regular-season champs by holding them to 12-for-47 (25.5 percent) accuracy on three-pointers in Game 1.

But Utah came out firing in the rematch, nailing 10 treys in the first half alone en route to a 74-54 lead at the break.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Points Rebounds Assists
Jaren Jackson Jr. 16 3 1
Kyle Anderson 11 6 3
Jonas Valanciunas 18 6 3
Dillon Brooks 23 2 1
Ja Morant 47 4 7

Morant and Dillon Brooks, who missed most of the first half in foul trouble, hit three hoops apiece in a 27-12 Grizzlies flurry in the latter stages of the third quarter to get Memphis within 96-93.

But Jordan Clarkson dropped in three free throws, Rudy Gobert threw down two dunks and Mitchell completed a three-point play in a 10-0 Utah burst bridging the third and fourth quarters that extended the lead back to double figures, and the Jazz kept Memphis at arm's length the rest of the way.

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Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert produced the play of the day against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Gobert shot 9-for-11 en route to 21 points and a double-double with a game-high 13 rebounds for Utah, which hit 54.4 percent of its shots overall and 48.7 percent (19-for-39) on 3-pointers.

Conley also recorded a double-double with a game-high 15 assists to complement 20 points, while Bojan Bogdanovic (18), Clarkson (16), Royce O'Neale (14) and Ingles (14) made it seven Utah players scoring in double figures.

Morant's 47 points surpassed his previous career-high of 44 set in December against San Antonio. He made 15 field goals, including a pair of 3-pointers, and a career-best 15 free throws en route to his total.

The second-year standout also found time for a team-high seven assists. Brooks finished with 23 points for Memphis, which got double-figure scoring from all five starters but a total of just 14 points from five reserves.

Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. 16 and Kyle Anderson 11 for the Grizzlies, who also shot well overall (54.1 percent) but struggled to 8-for-23 (34.8 percent) on three-pointers.

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