Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime on Monday night.

Lauri Markkanen stepped into the Utah Jazz huddle late Monday with blood seeping from his lip and a scratch on his arm.

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The Utah Jazz played 2,155 regular season games since Karl Malone scored 56 points in awin over Golden State on April 7, 1998.

Lauri Markkanen was unstoppable against the Suns on Monday, and he made Jazz history as a result of his latest heater.

The Phoenix Suns are on a two-game losing skid going into the finale of a three-game road trip on Monday, Oct. 27, against the Utah Jazz.

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points with 14 rebounds to carry the Utah Jazz to a 138-134 overtime victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns on Monday night in Salt Lake City.

Another night, another 50-piece in the NBA. Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen dropped a career-high 51 points to lead the team to a 138-134 win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night. That marked the first 50-point game by a member of the Jazz since Karl Malone did so back in 1998.

On Wednesday, the Jazz stunned the “Unc Squad” Clippers with a blowout victory, and VJ Edgecombe made history with a 34-point debut. Victor Wembanyama dropped 40 in his season debut, and Anthony Edwards turned in 41.

The Phoenix Suns conclude their three-game road trip Monday, Oct. 27, against the Utah Jazz at Delta Center in Salt Lake City.