Honolulu: Alec Burks scored six of his 27 points in overtime to help the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 117-114 in an NBA preseason game on Tuesday night.
Burks shot 9 of 14 from the field to lead five players in double figures. Rodney Hood had 21 points, Trey Burke added 15, Trey Lyles 13 and Jeff Withey 11 for the Jazz (2-0).
Withey had a dunk off a pass from Elijah Millsap with 28 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 105. Lou Williams scored 20 points to lead the Lakers (0-2), who lost rookie point guard D’Angelo Russell to a bruised glute muscle in the first quarter.
In his second game back from rotator cuff surgery, Kobe Bryant scored 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting in just under 21 minutes of action. Bryant played 12 minutes and had five points in Sunday’s exhibition opener. Charlotte Hornets forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, the NBA team said. The Hornets called the operation a success, with the 22-year-old player expected to be sidelined for some six months.
That timeline could see him ready to return at the end of the NBA regular season.
Kidd-Gilchrist was hurt late in the second quarter of the Hornets’ preseason game at Orlando on Saturday.
The decision to go ahead with surgery was made after he consulted with team orthopaedist Marcus Cook on Tuesday morning.
Kidd-Gilchrist, who was the second overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, averaged 10.9 points and 7.6 rebounds in 55 games for Charlotte last season while also making a strong contribution on defence.
He inked a four-year, $52 million (Dh191 million) contract extension in September.
