The Aussie duo of Joe Ingles and Dante Exum were on fire helping power the Utah Jazz to a 107-97 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday (AEDT).
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Exum easily had his best game since returning from injury posting a season-high 21 points in 27 minutes. Exum was ultra-efficient from the field shooting 80% and showed his explosive first step hadn't left him with the extended time off.
It was the second highest point total of his career, falling just one point shy of his career-high 22 points which he hit against the Oklahoma City Thunder on March 12, 2017 (AEDT).
Hi Danté 👋
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 31, 2018
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Ingles tied his career-high in assists finishing with 17 points, 10 assists nailling three three-point field goals and one thunderous slam late in the fourth quarter. Exum said of the Ingles slam in his postgame interview with AT&T SportsNet "I've never seen it before, but there's a first (time) for everything."
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— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 31, 2018
Ingles had tailled 10 assists in a game twice before Saturday (AEDT) the last time coming just over a week ago on March 23 against the Dallas Mavericks.
Donovan Mitchell had a team-high 22 points in the Jazz's 43rd win of the year.
The Grizz were led by Marc Gasol who had a game-high 28 points.
With the win, Utah stayed 2.0 games ahead of the Denver Nuggets and tied the New Orleans Pelicans for seventh in the Western Conference. They also complete the sweep of the season series against Memphis (3-0) and remain ten games above .500.
The Jazz have won 24 of their last 29 games.
