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Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points, Joe Ingles added 21 with five 3-pointers and the Utah Jazz beat the L.A. Lakers 111-97, splitting their series with the defending NBA champs.

Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points to lead the Utah Jazz to their 23rd straight home victory with a 122-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Evan Mobley scored 13 of his 26 points in the two overtimes and No. 24 Southern California outlasted scrappy Utah 91-85 in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.

Timmy Allen led Utah with 24 points and 11 rebounds, as the Utes had to hold off Washington’s late charge for a 98-95 win in the opening round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament.

Charlisse Leger-Walker and Bella Murekatete combined for 28 points as seventh-seeded Washington State beat No. 10 seed Utah 57-48 in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.

New Orleans forward Zion Williamson now can be called an NBA All-Star, and only three others in the game’s 70-year history have gotten there at a younger age.

Nikola Jokic matched his career high with 47 points and the fast-starting Denver Nuggets beat Utah 128-117 on Sunday to end the Jazz’s winning streak at 11.

UW has won back-to-back games as Jamal Bey scored a career-high 28 points Washington rallied to an 83-79 win over the Utah Utes.

Branden Carlson gets the first double-double by a Utah player this season, and the balanced, potent Utes offense handed Washington State a stinging 71-56 defeat.

Utah and Washington State will finish the regular season this weekend at Rice-Eccles Stadium with a bowl spot on the line.