Jazz use 24-0 3rd quarter run to beat Nuggets

Fighting for their playoff lives, the Utah Jazz aren't messing around.

Trailing the Denver Nuggets 62-58 in the third quarter Sunday, the Jazz went on a 24-0 run to take a 20-point lead into the fourth.

Denver shot 0-for-12 over the final 6:56 minutes and only collected four rebounds over that stretch. Jazz center Rudy Gobert picked up four blocks during his team's run.

Will Barton got the Nuggets back on the board at 10:30 of the fourth, ending a 8:28 scoring drought.

The Jazz entered the game occupying the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. They went on to the 100-84 win.