Utah Jazz
TWITTER THEAD – Jazz win it in the 4th after Portland offense rumbled thru Jazz
We are underway in Portland. Expecting to see the Jazz try a regular season rotation. 6 to 4 lead for the Blazers here in the early going. Jazz have hit on 2 of 5. Blazers have hit on 3 of 6. Blazers are best team at guarding restricted area and worst at shooting in restrict
Blazers 26 Jazz 19 with 2:37 left in 1st quarter
Jazz having a tough time with the Blazers defense that protects the rim and denies the corner 3. Jazz are 4 for 9 in the restricted area. Love the 9 not the 4. Dame and CJ have 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting
Jazz 40 Blazers 37 with 8:02 left in 2nd
Jazz bench without Donovan has been better than Blazers bench without Lillard and CJ
Blazers 54 Jazz 45 with 3:17 left in 2nd quarter
Blazers are on a 17-5 run since Lillard and CJ came back in the game
Nurkic hits his 2nd three of the game (one had foot one line so really 1)
Lillard 5/5 CJ 5/8 Nurkic 4/5 they are combined 6-8 from three
Halftime – Blazers 61 Jazz 50
Blazers are +24 with Lillard and CJ on the floor
Portland 76 Jazz 66 with 6:46 left in the 3rd quarter
Jazz offense getting some better actions in the 2nd half.
Portland has had Dame and CJ on the floor together all game which is interesting.
Donovan 18 points on 7 of 16 shooting and Ingles has 12 pts on 4/8
Blazers 86 Jazz 76 with 2:56 left in the 3rd quarter
Blazers EFG% is 71 and offensive rating is 122.
The Jazz #1 def has not shown itself in this pre-season game
Grayson Allen makes first appearance after Donovan tweaked an ankle in 3rd. Donovan said he was fine but pre-season
Grayson Allen is almost 4 years old than Anfernee Simons. Grayson turns 23 tomorrow
Jazz 107 Blazers 104 with 3:53 left in the 4th
Jazz are on 12 to 3 run with Grayson Allen, Royce O’Neale, Alec Burks, Epke Udoh and Georges Niang
Jazz 123 Blazers 112 – Final Score
Jazz outscore the Blazers 39-20
Grayson Allen 8 points 4 assists
Damian Lillard was a +22 and CJ was a +18
Utah Jazz radio voice and Jazz NBA Insider David Locke wants to point out he is not the only one so as the shares the Ringer’s thoughts on the Jazz schedule. Then he takes in Zach Lowe’s article on Donovan Mitchell in real time.
Trade season is upon us and it is time to take a deep dive on D’Angelo Russell and see if what side of his contrasting numbers move your meter. Would you?
Then it is Points Gained time and there is D’Angelo Russell again. One of the Jazz players is the hottest in the NBA.
Utah Jazz
LOCKED ON JAZZ – You would think a blowout makes everyone happy but evidently not and Locke doesn’t deal with it well
Utah Jazz radio voice and Jazz NBA Insider David Locke hosts a live edition of Locked on Jazz. Expecting a happy crowd after the Jazz blow out the Miami Heat and instead Jazz fans are still feisty and disappointed in the season. Locke doesn’t deal with this very well. It makes for an exciting edition of Locked on Jazz.
Utah Jazz got the blow out win over the Miami Heat in Dwayne Wade last game in Salt Lake City. Get the quick recap, the key moments, the players of the game and in a short form recap. Voiced by Amanda Smith.
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