Trey Burke had the biggest game of his young NBA career, and the Utah Jazz finally have a victory on the road.

Burke scored 20 points, including two 3-pointers in the final four minutes, as the Jazz beat the Phoenix Suns 112-104 on Saturday night.

Richard Jefferson added 15 for the Jazz, who were 0-9 on the road entering the contest and lost 112-101 at home to Phoenix on Friday night. Marvin Williams and Derrick Favors added 14 apiece as Utah put seven players in double figures.

Goran Dragic had 24 points and nine assists for the Suns. Channing Frye added 17 points for Phoenix.

Utah has won two of three but has just three victories in 18 games this season. Burke's previous high was 14 in the Jazz's overtime win over Chicago last week.

"Our guys thought they could just show up tonight and win the game and in this game it doesn't happen that way, but they don't want to listen to it," Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek said. "Coaches are telling them they have to be ready, and that's what happens."

Burke, a first-round draft pick who was the college player of the year at Michigan, shot 4-of-6 on 3-pointers.

His last one put the Jazz up 105-97 with 1:13 to play.

"I wasn't trying to settle for the 3," he said, "I was trying to get in the paint and get a 4- or 5-foot jump shot or make the defense collapse so I could kick it out for an open jump shot."

But he said he saw the Suns get mixed up on a screen "and I was at the 3-point line and had the confidence to shoot it."

The Jazz had trailed by as many as 20 points in their loss to Phoenix on Friday but were either close or ahead throughout this one.

Utah's other two victories have come at home against New Orleans and Chicago.

- Associated Press

(China Daily 12/02/2013 page24)