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Built Ford Tough Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY -- Derrick Favors took advantage of his opportunity when the game was on the line. "Most coaches will tell you need to just play your game and don't try to do anything you can't do. But when it got down to crunch time, I told myself, `I'm going to try and win this game,"' Favors said. The 20-year-old power forward has rarely been on the court when a game is tight at the finish, but he made the most of his opportunity Saturday night. Starting for Al Jefferson, Favors had career highs with 23 points and 17 rebounds to help the Utah Jazz edge the Golden State Warriors 99-92 in overtime. "Coach [Ty Corbin] trusted me enough at the end of the game to keep me in, so I couldn't let him down," Favors said. Jefferson, Utah's leading scorer and rebounder, was attending his grandmother's funeral in Mississippi. Favors scored four of the first six points in overtime and the Jazz earned their sixth straight home win, and second straight in overtime. "In overtime, they had home-court advantage and just overwhelmed us," said David Lee, who had 18 points but missed his last five field goal attempts often trying to shoot over Favors. Favors, whose previous scoring high was 20 points before he came to Utah from New Jersey in the trade for Deron Williams last season, made a three-point play and a block in the closing seconds of regulation to send the game to overtime. Nate Robinson scored 19 points and Klay Thompson added 17 points for the Warriors. Favors also went 9 of 9 from the free throw line to set another career mark. "That was a relief to see all of those go down," Favors said. Paul Millsap scored 13 points and Gordon Hayward had 12 and the Jazz overcame 41.6 percent shooting with a 65-40 rebounding advantage. "It's great offense when you can execute your plays and you take a shot and then get a second shot. It shows a lot of hustle," Corbin said of his team, which reached .500 at 22-22. Richard Jefferson, in his first game since coming to the Warriors, played 38 minutes and had nine points on 2-of-14 shooting. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120317_GS@UTA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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