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Donovan Mitchell tries to keep his cool with the officials.

 

In a tie game against Chicago, Mitchell protested a non-call with an especially vocal and demonstrative outburst in the third quarter. He got a technical foul and the switch was flipped.

 

Mitchell went on to score a Utah-record 25 of his 37 points in the third quarter, Jordan Clarkson added 26 and the Utah Jazz beat the Bulls 125-110 on Wednesday night.

 

Mitchell made a franchise-record seven 3-pointers in the third period on nine attempts. He broke Karl Malone's team mark of 22 points in a third quarter. Mitchell finished with nine 3-pointers, besting his previous career best of seven.

 

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter.

 

Zach LaVine, who has been affected by a sore left knee, made five 3s and had 33 points in tying his highest scoring output in four months. DeMar DeRozan added 25 points. The Bulls have dropped seven of nine.

 

Ayo Dosunmu's layup trimmed Utah's lead to 103-99 before the Jazz responded with a clinching run.

 

Alexander-Walker had two 3-pointers from the corner in a 14-0 run that featured suffocating defense and floor-spacing offense. Rudy Gobert's free throws capped the run and lifted the Jazz to a 117-99 lead with 4:38 to play.

 

Mitchell's huge third quarter pushed the Jazz ahead 89-81 entering the fourth quarter.

Gobert had 14 points, 20 rebounds and three blocks while Mike Conley had in 14 points and seven assists.

 

The Jazz played without second-leading scorer Bojan Bogdanovic (left calf strain), along with key reserves Trent Forrest (right wrist sprain), Danuel House (left knee bone bruise) and Udoka Azubuike (right ankle sprain).

 

The Bulls are at Phoenix on Friday night.

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