The Phoenix Suns fell in overtime as Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points and the Suns allowed 28 rebounds in a 138-134 loss to Utah at Delta Center. Phoenix fell to 1-3 while the Jazz improved to 2-1.

The Phoenix Suns have dropped their last three games, all on the road, after winning their season opener at home.

Mark Williams knew that it was a matter of time before he had his first big game with the Suns after loss to Jazz.

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime on Monday night

In the midst of the Utah Jazz 's 138-134 overtime win vs. the Phoenix Suns to lift to 2-1 on the new season, it was Lauri Markkanen to dominate the night on the scoring end with a stunning 51-point, 14-rebound performance for the franchise's first 50-plus-point game since Karl Malone did it in 1998.

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime on Monday night. Markkanen helped the Jazz recover after they blew a seven-point lead in the final 19 seconds of regulation,

Devin Booker called out the Suns’ slow starts after their 138-134 loss to the Jazz, saying Phoenix “needed this one."

Phoenix acquired Green, Brooks and the 10 th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, 7-footer Khaman Maluach, from Houston in the Kevin Durant trade. Grayson Allen has been starting for Green while Royce O'Neale got the start Monday for Brooks.

The Utah Jazz played 2,155 regular-season games since Karl Malone scored 56 points in a win over Golden State on April 7, 1998. No Jazz player had topped the 50-point mark in a regular-season contest until Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 in a 138-134 win over the Phoenix Suns on

The Utah Jazz played 2,155 regular season games since Karl Malone scored 56 points in awin over Golden State on April 7, 1998.

The Phoenix Suns could be down two starters in their Monday night showdown against the Utah Jazz. On their injury report, Dillon Brooks is listed as questionable with right groin soreness while Jalen Green continues to miss action with his hamstring injury.