Lauri Markkanen

Markkanen won't play Friday against Brooklyn due to rest purposes.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Stephen Curry scored 27 points, Moses Moody had 26 and the Golden State Warriors beat the Utah Jazz 140-124 on Wednesday night.Gui Santos had 16 points off the bench for the Warriors. Golden State made 23 3-pointers and never trailed over the final three quarters. Moody led the way with five 3s.Brice Sensabaugh scored 22 points off the bench for Utah. Keyonte George had 19 points and seven assists. Ace Bailey also scored 19 points for the Jazz and Lauri Markkanen had 18.Utah trimmed a 22-point deficit to single digits entering the fourth quarter. The Jazz drew to 108-100 on a pair of free throws from Isaiah Collier with 9:52 left. Curry made back-to-back baskets to restore a double-digit lead.Golden State used a 20-2 run to go up 136-109 with 3:29 left.Golden State made it rain from the perimeter early, going 15 of 31 from long distance before halftime. Eight different players made an outside basket for the Warriors in the first half. Buddy Hield and Moody accounted for three apiece before halftime.Hield buried back-to-back 3s a minute into the second quarter to cap a 19-8 run that gave Golden State a 40-24 lead. The Warriors built a 16-point lead three other times in the second quarter the final time when Quinten Post made a 3-pointer to make it 64-48.Golden State expanded its lead to 22 points in the third quarter, going up 91-69 on a pair of free throws from Curry. Up Next Warriors: Host Detroit on Saturday night.Jazz: Host Brooklyn on Saturday night.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba

George and Nurkic are back after sitting out Tuesday's loss to the Clippers, stepping in for Isaiah Collier and Kevin Love. While Love (rest) is out, Collier will come off the bench. The other change to the lineup is Mykhailiuk, who steps in for Cody Williams (illness).

One night removed from seeing his first action in eight games, Markkanen playing both games of a back-to-back was a pleasant surprise for fantasy managers. He didn't have his best night against the Warriors, but the Jazz forward still recorded a complete stat line. The lingering question is what will Markkanen's availability look like after the All-Star break? For that reason, managers need to keep an eye on players like Brice Sensabaugh and Kyle Filipowski (12/4/3/2 with two three-pointers in 16 minutes).

Markkanen will unsurprisingly return to the court on Tuesday, which will limit the upside of Brice Sensabaugh and likely eliminate all of Svi Mykhailiuk's streaming appeal.