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.

Markkanen made 17 of 17 free throws, including a game-clinching pair with 1.9 seconds left, en route to his fourth career 40-point game after scoring 38 vs. the Kings on Friday. He also hit 6 of 13 3-pointers.

It was the first 50-point game in the regular season for a Jazz player since Karl Malone in 1998.

Keyonte George totaled 26 points with 10 assists, while Walker Kessler added 25 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and four blocks. Both made big plays in the waning moments of OT as the Jazz won for the second time in three games to begin the season.

Devin Booker led the Suns with 34 points, including fi

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