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Dallas • Stunned silence.

With 19,394 packed into American Airlines Center, dead air was the only thing Gordon Hayward could hear after his jumper dramatically sent the Utah Jazz to their seventh consecutive win. In a flash, his teammates jumped him, and the Jazz had their first victory in Dallas since the early stages of the Obama administration.

His shot over ZaZa Pachulia at the buzzer in overtime gave the Jazz a 121-119 win over the Mavericks, the legitimacy of beating a playoff team on the road and the first seven game winning streak for the franchise since 2010.

Indeed, the stunned silence may have been the best basketball sound Hayward's heard all year.

"I'm so happy, man," Hayward said. "It's the first time me and Derrick (Favors) have won in Dallas in our careers. It's been a long time coming. I was just making a move, and trying to make a play. I just wanted to attack ZaZa off the dribble, maybe go at him and create separation with the stepback."

Hayward's shot ended one of the wildest games of the season for the Jazz. It ended a game which Utah trailed by 15 in the first half and by 90-80 with 10 minutes remaining. It ended a game in which Rodney Hood forced overtime on a 3-pointer with one second remaining in regulation. It ended a game in which the Jazz were forced to rally time and again.

But — as the last two weeks have shown — this Utah team is beginning to mature. In this winning streak, they haven't been bothered by deficits, or by their own missed shots and mistakes, or by referee whistles, or by an opponent making a bushel of 3-pointers.

All of that happened on Tuesday night against the Mavericks. And yet, the Jazz kept playing, kept making shots, and eventually found a way to make the final statement.

"We've been to overtime a lot this year," Hood said. "We felt like we outplayed them at the end of the game. So we figured, if we were going to go to overtime, we may as well go and get the win. Gordon made a big shot, and he made some big plays."

Hayward may have made the big shot, but Hood got the Jazz to that point, scoring a game-high 29 points, grabbing five rebounds and handing out five assists. He shot 12 of 26 from the field, and consistently made big shots to keep Utah within reach.

It was enough to combat the Mavs, who received 24 points from Chandler Parsons, and 23 points from Deron Williams. Dallas made 11 3-pointers, including nine of their first 16 shots from beyond the arc. They shot 14 more free-throws than the Jazz, and received 17 points off the bench from Raymond Felton.

And yet it still wasn't enough.

"Obviously, this is a very disappointing game for us," Mavericks shooting guard Wesley Matthews said. "We had control of it up until the last few seconds, or whatever it was. We couldn't let that one slip, and yet we did so. We've got to let the loss eat at us."

The heroes for the Jazz go deeper than Hood and Hayward. Favors scored all 16 of his points after halftime, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out six assists. Rudy Gobert secured another double-double, with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Trey Lyles came off the bench and scored 11 points, and registered a game-high plus-14. Chris Johnson controlled Williams defensively in overtime.

Utah moves to 26-25 on the season, and moves to within a single game of the Mavericks in the Western Conference standings. The offense had one of its best games of the season, shooting 52 percent overall, and putting up 23 assists to go with just 10 turnovers.

And for the first time since 2010, the Jazz are winners against Dallas on the road.

"This is one of those games where we fought hard to stay in the game," Utah coach Quin Snyder said. "It's a credit to our guys. I think we're learning more and more how to make winning plays."

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