3 keys from the Utah Jazz’s 100-95 season-opening win over the Oklahoma City Thunder

SALT LAKE CITY — It wasn’t always pretty, but the Utah Jazz made the necessary plays down the stretch and came away with a 100-95 home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in both teams’ season opener on Wednesday night.

Here are three takeaways from the game.

• Donovan Mitchell took over down the stretch. With 3:56 remaining and the Jazz down 86-85, Mitchell scored 10 points with six rebounds, an assist and a steal to lift Utah to the win.

• The Jazz outscored the Thunder 32-21 in the fourth quarter
• Utah did struggle from behind the 3-point line, going just 6 of 24.

Up next

— Friday at Los Angeles Lakers, 8:30 p.m. MDT

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