SALT LAKE CITY — Forward Derrick Favors scored 29 points and collected 12 rebounds, and reserve guard Rodney Hood added a career-high 17 points as the Utah Jazz beat the New York Knicks 87-82 Tuesday night.
Center Rudy Gobert finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds, and guard Joe Ingles chipped in 12 points as the Jazz (27-36) won for the eighth time in 10 games since the All-Star break.
Guard Alexey Shved scored 21 points and center Andrea Bargnani added 20 to lead New York (12-51). Cole Aldrich added 17 points and 13 rebounds off the bench for the Knicks, who lost their fifth game in a row.
Down eight at halftime, New York (12-51) rallied to take the lead in the third quarter behind hot shooting. The Knicks made 72 percent of their attempts from the field during the quarter, during which they went on a 17-2 run. Forward Cleanthony Early and Shved made back-to-back 3-pointers to put New York on top, and Aldrich punctuated the run with a jump hook to make stretch the Knicks’ lead to 57-51.
The Jazz hung in there behind Hood and his outside shooting. He scored 11 points in the third quarter. Hood cut the deficit to a basket on a 3-pointer and tied the score at 65 on a pair of free throws.
Utah finally regained the lead for good when Ingles made back-to-back jumpers and drove for a layup a minute later to make it 80-75 with 4:05 left in the third.
New York did not make a field goal over the final 3:08 of the game.
Utah struggled through some dry spells on offense in the first half. Consistent play from Favors kept the Jazz on track and helped them pull away a bit from the Knicks before halftime. The forward scored 20 first-half points on 9-of-11 shooting.
New York sprinted out to a quick lead behind hot first quarter shooting from Bargnani. He made his first four baskets to open the game, helping the Knicks carve out a 15-9 lead halfway through the quarter.
Utah’s defense shut down New York through the rest of the quarter. The Knicks scored just five points over the final 6:22 of the period. New York made just one field goal — a short jumper Aldrich — over an 8 1/2-minute stretch extending into the second quarter.
Utah went ahead when guard Dante Exum buried a 3-pointer and threw down a dunk as part of a 17-5 run. Once Gobert capped the spurt with a dunk, the Jazz led 26-20 early in the second quarter.
New York briefly went back in front 27-26 on a pair of free throws from Aldrich that capped a 7-0 spurt. Favors made a hook shot and threw down a dunk to put the Jazz back up 32-27. His driving layup on the final play of the half boosted Utah’s lead to 43-35 going into the locker room.
NOTES: Jazz F Gordon Hayward (lower back strain) missed a game for the first time this season. … The Knicks lost by an average margin of 20 points per game in eight defeats since the All-Star break. … Utah, which won 102-100 at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 14, completed a season sweep of the Knicks. New York last lost a season series to Utah during the 2009-10 season. … The Jazz outrebounded their opponent for the 10th consecutive game, taking a 40-36 advantage on the glass Tuesday.