Career night! Marca scored 51+14 with the winning free throw to set the record. He defeated the Suns with 20 minutes in the final quarter and overtime.

On October 28, the Utah Jazz defeated the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime. The Jazz's lead was 12 points in the first quarter of this game, but was reduced to 1 point by the Suns in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Jazz pulled back to 6 points. In the last quarter, the two teams stalemate until the last moment and entered overtime. Macca defeated the Suns alone. He completed the night of his career with 51 points, setting a career high. He was 50+10 for the first time in his career and the first 50+ in the team's history in the past 28 years.

Markkanen is the true King of the North. His performance in the Finnish men's basketball team was perfect. He averaged 28.9 minutes per game in this summer's European Cup, scoring 23.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 2.1 steals, and 0.6 blocks. He shot 42.2% from the field and 30.2% from the three-point range. Macca has also performed very well entering the new season, scoring 53 points in the past two games.

In the first quarter, Marca made 4 of 3 + three-pointers, 2 of 2 + free throws, and scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist. He was the key to the Jazz's 12-point lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Marca's touch dropped slightly, and the Suns narrowed the gap. Marca scored 6 points and 3 rebounds on 2-of-8 in this quarter, and 20 points at halftime was already very good.

Markkanen's touch has recovered after changing sides and fighting again. He scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in 4 of 8 + three-pointers in a single quarter. Markkanen has scored 31 points after three quarters. He has completed two consecutive games with 30+ points!

In the final quarter, Marca scored 13 points and 2 rebounds on 4 of 10+ free throws and 5 of 5 free throws. He had already scored 44 points and 13 rebounds in regular time. The Jazz official wrote: This is Markkanen's first 40+ after 2023, but Booker made one of two free throws and O'Brien made a tip-in to tie the game, and the two teams had to play overtime.

In the overtime, the Suns had the advantage of scoring more points. Marca hit a three-pointer to extend the life. Then Marca broke through and drew a foul and made two free throws to go ahead (49 points tied a career high). Gillespie had to foul after missing a three-pointer. Marca continued to make two free throws to seal the victory. Marca completed the first 50+ points in his career. Marca scored a total of 20 points in the final quarter and overtime. It was too fierce.

Marca scored 51 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists in 45 minutes of the game, shooting 14 of 32, 6 of 13 three-pointers, 17 of 17 free throws, and a shooting percentage of 43.8%.