SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Jazz challenged Gordon Hayward to push his game even further last summer and become a more versatile scorer. The Jazz are seeing those results on a nightly basis through the first quarter of the season.Hayward matched his season high with 32 points and the Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 105-98 on Saturday night.We talked about this early in the season. We felt like hed expanded his game, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. He added a comfort-level in the post. ... And hes shooting off screens. Hes able to score in multiple ways.When someone takes something away, hes able to have another option. The biggest thing Gordons been doing is defending and, as a result, hes getting some easy baskets.The Jazz used a 31-8 stretch in the third quarter to blow open the game. Hayward took over, scoring both inside and on the perimeter, with 21 points in the quarter. It was the third consecutive 30-point game for the seven-year veteran, who is averaging a career-high 22.8 points and has scored 20-plus points in 11 of 14 games this season. This is the first three-game, 30-point stretch of Haywards career.Its a lot of work that I put in this summer, for sure, Hayward said. But, also, were running some good sets for me. ... Just continuing to see the floor a lot better. Seeing where my shots are coming. Taking advantage of how the defense is guarding me. ... Just trusting the work that I did.When Im active and play with a little bounce on the defensive end, Im definitely more confident offensively because of that. Its all about staying active and getting myself involved in the game.Rodney Hood chipped in 15 for the Jazz.Wilson Chandler and Will Barton each scored 20 for Denver.Denver knocked down seven 3-pointers trying to rally in the fourth quarter, but couldnt complete the comeback. The Nuggets matched a season high with 13 3-pointers.The Jazz took a 49-47 lead into halftime after a back-and-forth opening 24 minutes in which neither team was able to string together a significant run. Neither team shot the ball well from distance in the first half as the two teams were a combined 4 for 15 from behind the arc.Im happy we showed a lot of fight and heart getting back in the game, not dropping our heads and feeling sorry for ourselves, Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. Hopefully, that can give us a little juice going forward.Im just really happy with the fact we competed tonight. Thats step No. 1 in our recovery.TIP-INSNuggets: Nikola Jokic missed his second straight game with a left wrist sprain. ... Denver is now 0-8 when trailing after the third quarter. ... The Nuggets have won just one road game since Nov. 6.Jazz: Hood returned to the starting lineup after missing the last game with a hamstring injury. He went down hard in the third quarter and limped to the bench, but stayed in the game. ... George Hill missed his second consecutive game with a sprained left big toe.TOUGH TIMESThe Nuggets have lost five of six with a lengthy road trip ahead. Malone is not thrilled with the state of his team.Right now, I am living minute-by-minute, day-by-day, Malone said. We arent playing good basketball right now. Its no secret. Our defense is evaporating rapidly.QUOTABLEWe started out in the first half doing all the right things, Chandler said. It was in the third quarter we kind of got away from that. Everybody, not just one person. We had to climb uphill and exert so much energy. Its hard to fight back from a 20-point deficit and get the win.UP NEXTNuggets: Denver visits Philadelphia on Monday for the second game of a six-game trip.Jazz: Utah travels to face the Los Angeles Lakers and No. 2 overall pick Brandon Ingram on Monday. 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Struggling Australia have lost sevens playmaker Lewis Holland to a hamstring injury in a massive blow to their thinning medal hopes at the Rio Olympics.The world No.4-ranked side fought back from an upset 31-17 opening pool loss to France to stay alive with a tense 26-12 win over Spain in their second match at Deodoro Stadium.But their relief at fighting back from 12-7 down in the first half was quickly tempered by the tournament-ending injury to Holland, who was their best player on this years world circuit.Hes a class act in that 10 position but if hes not right, hes not right, coach Andy Friend.Former NSW and Melbourne Rebels three-quarter Tom Kingston has been called into the 12-man squad and James Stannard will move from halfback to five-eighth in Wednesdays crucial last pool match against second seeds South Africa.With Japan producing a major boilover against New Zealand and Argentina also surprising USA on a captivating day of upsets, Australia needed a big victory against Spain to be best placed to qualify for the knockout stages.dddddddddddd.But a series of missed tackles and a lost lineout saw them behind by five points at a time they were aiming to pile on points for their vital for-and-against tally.They escaped in the second half with John Porch scoring a pivotal 60m try from a quick penalty tap just after Holland limped off.Australia must now score a heavy upset of in-form South Africa, who thumped both Spain 24-0 and France 26-0, to ensure a quarter-final spot.Friend hinted the enormity of the Olympics may have got to his side in their four-tries-to-two loss to France, as well as the excitement of the womens sevens gold medal on Monday night.We love what they did last night but we are our own team, he said.The second game was a win but we have to be a lot better than that.The most important thing is we have to defend better. We leaked too many tries there and made too many missed tackles. ' ' '