Jazz deliver a comeback for the ages

Simone Fontecchio (Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons)

What we found out on Wednesday evening is the fact that the Golden State Warriors are continuing to have problems winning on the road, and that National Basketball Association games are not over until they are actually over. With the Golden State Warriors leading the Utah Jazz 123-119 with seven seconds left, you would think the Warriors would have gone on to win the game. Wrong. The Jazz scored five points in a seven-second span en route to a 124-123 victory.

According to ESPN, it was only the second time in the last 25 years that the Jazz came back from a four-point deficit in the last 10 seconds to win the game. Over that time, the Jazz record was one win and 718 losses prior to Wednesday.

How did the Jazz come back? Well with seven seconds left, Jazz shooting guard Malik Beasley of Atlanta, Georgia, made a 24-foot three-point jump shot to pull the Warriors to within a single point. Golden State was still leading 123-122 and had the basketball. However, Warriors point guard Jordan Poole then committed a turnover, and gave the basketball away to Canadian Nickeil Alexander-Walker. With the Jazz in possession of the basketball, Beasley then passed the ball to rookie small forward Simone Fontecchio of Pescara, Italy, who had the game-winning dunk with one second left.

With the win, the Jazz improve to a record of 15 wins and 12 losses. The Warriors meanwhile are at 13 wins and 13 losses. However, they are only 2-11 this season in games played away from San Francisco.

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