NBA Game Summary - Utah at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) - Ryan Anderson sparked a remarkable turnaround in the fourth quarter as the New Orleans Pelicans pulled out a 119-111 victory over the road-weary Utah Jazz on Tuesday.
Anderson scored 13 of his 28 points in the final frame as the Pelicans rallied from 14 down to hand the Jazz a sixth straight road setback.
Monty Williams attributed the win to Anderson and the rest of New Orleans' bench, which outscored Utah's reserves 52-27.
"I thought their energy gave us a bit of a jolt tonight," the Pelicans head coach said.
Anthony Davis, who missed Sunday's overtime loss against Golden State with a bruised chest, scored 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting and pulled down nine rebounds for the victors.
Enes Kanter finished with a career-high 29 points for Utah, which was outscored 41-19 over the final 11-plus minutes.
The Pelicans inexplicably threw away the inbounds pass on the opening play of the fourth and found themselves down 92-78 less than a minute into the frame.
An Anderson putback, Austin Rivers finger-roll and Anderson 3-pointer quickly cut the deficit to single digits, and Anderson hit a 3-pointer to cap a 12-2 run that gave the hosts a 108-104 lead with 2:38 to play.
It was New Orleans' first lead since it was a 4-3 game, and Davis made sure it held up.
The star center took over down the stretch, as he tipped in a Rivers miss, converted a three-point play and threw down a reserve dunk off a nice feed from Tyreke Evans, stretching the lead to 115-109 in the final minute.
"(New Orleans) turned it up and a couple of their players made some great plays and had some big-time efforts," Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said.
Trey Burke poured in 14 of his 16 points in the game's first eight minutes. His 3-pointer, followed by a Trevor Booker layup, had the Jazz in front by double digits at 22-12.
The Pelicans pulled even twice in the second quarter but never got over the hump. They trailed 56-53 at halftime and watched Utah scored nine of the final 11 points of the third. Dante Exum's jumper beat the buzzer to put Utah ahead 89-78.