MILWAUKEE — Three thoughts on the Jazz's 94-85 win over the Milwaukee Bucks from KSL.com's Utah Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.

1. Jazz's dominant third quarter run seals the game

It's wildly impressive to put together a 22-4 run on the road, a stretch of nearly 7 minutes of complete and total domination in which you take an opponent's lead and start dominating the game. It's even more impressive to do it on a back-to-back, with different players coming in and out, and still have the magic work.

On the offensive end, Gordon Hayward led the way with 10 of those 22 points on just three shots and three free throws. He scored on drives, on open 3-point shots, and by getting to the line.

The Jazz also dominated on the glass: they had five missed shots during the seven minute run, but four of them were rebounded by the Jazz themselves. That meant they got extra looks at possessions, and they took advantage with six second-chance points.

Then on defense, the swarming defense forced five Bucks turnovers. When they were able to get a shot up, it wasn't likely to go in: the Bucks were just 1-5 in that stretch. The missed looks were all pretty terrible, contested long 2s or moving, fadeaway 3s. The Jazz will take those every time.

To be fair to Milwaukee, the Jazz might be a matchup they'll always struggle against. They rely on paint scoring from Jabari Parker, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Greg Monroe. But the Jazz's big lineup is essentially designed to prevent those easy paint shots that the Bucks love to thrive on. In the two matchups between the teams this season, the Bucks have scored 85 and 81 points, and the Jazz have won both.

2. Lyles to Jingles connection puts the game away

Then, in the fourth quarter, in the span of just over a minute, Trey Lyles assisted three consecutive times to a wide open Joe Ingles in the right corner.

.@Joeingles7 goes 4/4 from downtown in the 4th quarter!
🏀🏀🏀🏀https://t.co/kFZ2xGGDxm

— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 21, 2016

First of all, credit to Lyles for reading the defense correctly each time, seeing Jabari Parker coming over to help off of Ingles, and making the pass right on the money. Especially the leaping assist is really impressive for a 6'10'' player. His versatility is starting to a big impact on games now, in his rookie season. Also, he just turned 20 years old.

And Jingles is a dead-eye corner 3 assassin. Check out his shooting percentages from both corners this season.

In case you were wondering, yes, that right corner 3 percentage is the best of any player in the league (with more than 20 shots). Maybe that's something for the Jazz to look to attack more moving forward.

3. Record set tonight shows changing Jazz approach

Tonight, the Jazz had two separate players shoot 10 3-point shots each: Gordon Hayward and Rodney Hood. That's the first time that's ever happened in Jazz history in a regulation game (By the way, props to @carty64 for asking the question and to @AllThatAmar for doing the research).

The Jazz's success from three was the difference in the box score, by the way. Both teams made 34 shots. The Bucks made one more free throw, 14-13. But the Bucks shot just 3-8 from the 3-point line, and the Jazz made 13 of their 37 long bombs.

Believe it or not, the Jazz are now the league's 10th most efficient 3-point shooters, making 35.6 percent of their 3s overall. That means they're much more efficient on their 3s than their 2s: the Jazz make just 48.6 percent of their shots inside the arc. In other words, the Jazz average 1.07 points per possession when they shoot a three, and 0.97 points per possession when they shoot a two.

This is now the ninth consecutive year that the Jazz have increased the number of 3-point attempts they shoot per game. They're now shooting more than double the number of 3-pointers than they did just a decade ago. The NBA is changing, and rapidly.

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