Mike Conley Sparks Jazz Third Quarter With 8 Quick Points, Assists Gobert’s Alley-Oop

ORLANDO, Fla. – Mike Conley is continuing to have a major impact on both ends since returning to the NBA bubble.

Conley threw a beautiful lob pass to Rudy Gobert, who finished the alley-oop. The Jazz point guard quickly went around the screen set by Gobert and ran towards the basket when he found Gobert for the dunk.

That connection tied the game at 71. It was Gobert’s 11th point of the game and the 4th assist for Conley with under 9 minutes left in the third quarter.

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After an open dunk by Jokic, Mitchell attacked the rim and challenged Jokic and made the layup to tie the game at 75 with 8:06 remaining in the third quarter. At that point, Mitchell had seven quick points in the third period.

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After that spurt by Mitchell, Conley scored a mid-range bucket and then nailed two straight three-pointers with former Jazzman Paul Millsap contesting the three. Conley had 14 points at that time. He led the Jazz with 27 points in their Game 3 win over the Nuggets when they won by 37 points. With 4:34 remaining in the third, the Jazz had an 85-81 lead.

Mitchell had 31 points midway through the third quarter.