Hayward, Jazz spoil Jimmer's return to Utah

Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 21 points and C.J. Miles added 20 as the Utah Jazz snapped a two-game losing streak Saturday night in Salt Lake City, defeating Sacramento 96-93 and spoiling Jimmer Fredette's return to the state where "Jimmermania" began.

Fredette had a chance to give the Kings the win with 4.2 seconds left, but launched an air-ball 3-pointer.

Hayward's free throw sealed it for Utah (11-7).

Tyreke Evans led Sacramento (6-14) with 31 points on 12-of-20 shooting.

Fredette, a former Brigham Young star and last year's national player of the year, finished with 14 points and 3 of 5 from beyond the arc. But he was just 5 of 13 overall.

The Kings were down 13 points in the fourth quarter, but Evans and Isaiah Thomas brought them back.

Evans' 5-footer with 30 seconds left cut the lead to one, and after Devin Harris made one of two free throws for a 95-93 lead, the stage for Fredette. He missed.

Fredette received a standing ovation from many fans during pregame introductions, with a few scattered boos.

The reaction was mixed once the game started. Many booed every time he touched the ball, but when he hit his first 3-pointer with 1:29 left in the first, an equal number jumped to their feet.

Late in the game, fans chanted "We Want Jimmer," and he re-entered.

He had a chance to come up big in the state where he finished last season with a 28.9-point scoring average in guiding the Cougars to a 32-5 mark and a trip to the NCAA round of 16.

Fredette was just 1 of 5 shooting in the first quarter, with 3 points and a steal. He started the second quarter with a turnover, dribbling the ball out of bounds, and spent the next 5 minutes on the bench.

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