Jordan Clarkson pumped in 30 points and Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 24 as the Utah Jazz crushed the San Antonio Spurs, 126-94, on Wednesday night, May 5 (Thursday, May 6, Manila time) in Salt Lake City for their third consecutive win.
Combined with the Atlanta Hawks' 135-103 win over the Phoenix Suns, Utah regained first place in the Western Conference and the top record in the NBA.
The Jazz (48-18) are now up a game on the Suns (47-19) with six games remaining in the regular season.
San Antonio (31-34) remains in the No. 10 spot in the West, in the final position to make the NBA's new play-in tournament.
Luka Samanic scored a team-high 15 points for the Spurs, who only shot 40.2% from the floor.
The Jazz shot a blistering 55.7% of their field-goal attempts and hit 18-of-41 (43.9%) from three-point range en route to their second straight double-digit home win over San Antonio in three days.
Utah rolled despite not having injured All-Star guards Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley.
Former University of Utah center Jakob Poeltl put the Spurs up 10-8, but that was the only time the visitors were on top all night.
Bogdanovic quickly regained the lead for the Jazz at 11-10 thanks to a three-point play, and then Clarkson, a Sixth Man of the Year contender, hit consecutive shots for a 15-10 lead.
Utah scored the final seven points of the first quarter, taking a 38-26 lead, and then registered the first 10 points of the second quarter for a commanding 48-26 edge only 14 minutes into the contest.
Joe Ingles, who finished with 14 points and 7 assists, opened the second period with eight consecutive points for Utah.
Utah stretched the gap to as many as 41 points at 112-71 after reserve Matt Thomas hit a pull-up jumper and a triple on consecutive possessions early in the fourth quarter.