For the first time in 27 years, a Utah Jazz player has scored 50 points in a regular-season game. They needed every one of them, too. Lauri Markkanen’s 51-point, 14-rebound performance pushed the Jazz to an overtime win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday.

Phoenix aims to break its four-game slide when the Phoenix Suns play Utah. Friday's game will be the second meeting this season between the two teams.

The Phoenix Suns have dropped their last three games, all on the road, after winning their season opener at home.

Phoenix had allowed an average of 69.5 points in the first half of its first four games, as the Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets each eclipsed 70 points in the first half. The Jazz totaled 64 in the first half of their overtime win over Phoenix. The Suns reversed that trend Wednesday.

PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns could be down two starters in their Monday night showdown against the Utah Jazz. On their injury report, Dillon Brooks is listed as questionable with right groin soreness while Jalen Green continues to miss action with his hamstring injury.

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime on Monday night.

The Utah Jazz played 2,155 regular-season games since Karl Malone scored 56 points in a win over Golden State on April 7, 1998. No Jazz player had topped the 50-point mark in a regular-season contest until Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 in a 138-134 win over the Phoenix Suns on

Devin Booker called out the Suns’ slow starts after their 138-134 loss to the Jazz, saying Phoenix “needed this one."

The Phoenix Suns (1-2) are looking to bounce back from two consecutive losses as they close their three-game road trip against the Utah Jazz.