SALT LAKE CITY — — John Collins scored the last of his 28 points on a game-tying dunk with 6.4 seconds left to give the Utah Jazz their first home victory of the season, 115-113 over the Dallas Mavericks, on Thursday night.

Collins also had nine rebounds. Jordan Clarkson added 20 points.

Luka Doncic had 37 points, seven rebounds and nine assists for Dallas. Quentin Grimes added 15 points and five assists while filling in for Kyrie Irving, who missed the game with a right shoulder sprain. Klay Thompson had 17 points.

The Mavericks erased the double-digit deficit and tied the deficit on Thompson’s three-pointer in the final minute. Collins responded with his winner.

Dallas led at halftime and got six baskets from Doncic in the third quarter. It wasn’t enough to hold the Jazz back as the quarter progressed. Utah went on a 9-0 run after back-to-back baskets from Doncic and went up 90-78 after Collins’ tip-in layup.

Takeaways

Mavericks: Irving’s absence robbed Dallas of a reliable secondary scorer and slowed efforts to keep pace with a red-hot Utah offense.

Jazz: Kyle Filipowski is showing signs of developing into a reliable scorer. The rookie forward is averaging 16.0 points and shooting 68.4% in his last two games.

Key moment

Utah scored baskets on six straight possessions in the third quarter to take an 81-73 lead. Lauri Markkanen scored three baskets of his own, highlighted by a step-back 3-pointer.

Key stat

The Jazz had 20 fastbreak points.

Next

The Mavericks host San Antonio on Saturday night. The Jazz are in Sacramento on Saturday night.

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