Salt Lake City, Utah: Spurs Beat the Jazz 117-111 in Overtime in Salt Lake City, Wembanyama Scores 36

Victor Wembanyama had 36 points and 14 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Utah Jazz 117-111 in overtime at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night. It was the third straight win for the Spurs, who are 3-2. Utah is 1-4 and has lost three games in a row.

Devin Vassell scored 21 points for San Antonio, with 12 of them in the fourth quarter and the extra period. De'Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle scored 14 points each. Keyonte George scored a season-high 31 points for Utah. Ace Bailey added 19 points, Darryn Peterson had 18, and Brice Sensabaugh scored 16.

Utah leads early, Wembanyama answers

George scored 13 points in the first quarter, and Utah led the rebound count 19-10 to finish the opening period up 32-22. Utah's lead reached 46-35 on a Bailey putback, but Wembanyama led a San Antonio rally. He scored 12 points in the second period, for a 21-point half, and the Spurs closed the gap to 55-51 at halftime.

The third quarter had seven ties and four lead changes. Fox and Dylan Harper opened the period with 3-pointers for San Antonio, and Wembanyama put the Spurs in front when he followed his own missed 3-pointer with a reverse slam. The quarter ended 85-85 after a last-second layup by Castle.

Tied at 105, decided in overtime

George tied the score at 105 on a left-handed drive with 41.4 seconds left in regulation. Wembanyama missed a turnaround jumper with 31.9 seconds left, and George and Fox then traded long-range misses, which sent the game to overtime.

Sensabaugh hit a 3-pointer to open the extra period and another to close it, but San Antonio scored 12 straight points between those two shots and took control. San Antonio forced four turnovers in overtime and held Utah to 2-for-7 shooting in the extra period.

A short-handed home team

Utah played without Lauri Markkanen, who has a wrist injury, and Jaren Jackson Jr., who has a knee injury. Both are two of Utah's three leading scorers this season, and they joined Jusuf Nurkic, who has a toe injury, on the sideline. Peterson also gave Utah a scare in the first quarter. He came off with 7:31 left in the period after taking a shot to the head on a dunk attempt. His nose was bleeding after he was caught by a Wembanyama elbow, but he was back to start the second period.