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TWITTER THREAD – Follow the Jazz loss in Toronto as Kawhi goes career high
Raptors 13 Jazz 5 with 7:27 left in the 1st quarter
Raptors on a 9-1 run.
Jazz have missed 5 shots in a row
Raptors play the 5th most amount of possessions in transition (20%) Jazz keep teams out of transition at 3rd best rate
Raptors 22 Jazz 15 with 2:43 left in the 1st quarter
Gobert showing more offensive moves and array of options tonight.
Jazz 0 for 5 from 3 and Raptors 2 for 2
Interesting to see how Quin gets Kyle Korver minutes tonight with Kawhi Leonard and Pascal Siakam as matchups
Raptors 26 Jazz 24 End of 1st Quarter
Good news: Jazz 0 turnovers
Bad News: Jazz shooting 8 of 23 and 0 for 7 from three
Favors 8 pts and 3 rebounds
Raptors 40 Jazz 38 with 6:42 2nd quarter
Jazz took the lead on a 16-6 run but ball movement stopped on the next possessions when both Donovan and Dante got caught into 1 on 1 drives rather than ball movement
Favors has been amazing 13 points and 5 rebounds
Jazz 1 for 9 from 3
Jazz 53 Raptors 51 at the half
Jazz defense is not allowing three point attempts from Raptors. Raps starting forcing some and missing.
Donovan Mitchell last 2 FG to give Jazz the lead their first non-restricted area 2s in the half. Jazz 13/21 at rim 5 for 24 otherwise
Raptors 60 Jazz 53 with 9:55 left in the 3rd quarter
9-0 run. Raptors are #1 offensive team in 3rd quarter
Jazz only had 1 turnover (fewest all year) in 1st half
Raptors were 2 for 8 from three in 1st half (both season lows)
Raps go 3 for 3 from three all early offense
Kawhi Leonard 19 points in the 3rd quarter matches his career high points in a quarter that he also achieved 19 points in the 3rd quarter v. the Utah Jazz April 2nd 2017
Raptors 102 Jazz 93 with 7:44 in the 4th quarter
Jazz defense not having an impact right now. Raptors offensive rating is 125.7
Crowder a season-high 24 points
Raptors 122 Jazz 116 – Final Score
Kawhi and Pascal Siakam have career highs
Jae Crowder scores 30 for first time in his NBA career
Jazz battle but couldn’t get the defensive stops
The Jazz fell short in the second half as the Toronto defense shut the new-look Jazz down in route to cruising to an 114 – 82 Raptors victory. Lauri Markkanen shined for the Jazz with 20 points and 5 rebounds but the Raptors length and athleticism proved to be too much for the Jazz riding a dominant 3rd quarter to pull away from the Jazz who played well in the first half, only trailing by one.
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Utah Jazz trade Rudy Gobert – the emotions, the decision making, what did we get and what now
The Utah Jazz traded Rudy Gobert on Friday after a 4th of July weekend to soak in the biggest news of the NBA trade season we try to digest what it means for the Utah Jazz. David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider, take a look at all angles of the Rudy Gobert trade. The emotions of losing one of your own and a beloved player like Rudy Gobert. The player that we knew how great he was and had to argue on his behalf and now someone else gets the pleasure. Locke revisits the decision making tree of the Utah Jazz and how they got to trading Rudy Gobert and why they took this trade rather than other options that may have been on the table for the Utah Jazz. Then Locke looks into what did we really get in this trade and what are the possibilities of benefit for trading one of the great players in franchise history. A look at each of the 5 first round picks and what they could become and the margin starts to expand the farther out you go. Then are the Utah Jazz re-building? Why now would be the question. That is a decision that the Jazz don’t need to make for the some time. Summer league kicks off today and what are the Utah Jazz looking for and who could make an impression. What the Jazz want to see from Jared Butler Locked On Jazz Podcast 💻 https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ 🎧 LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY 🎧 Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq 🎧 Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX 🎧Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB 🎧 Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz
NBA Free Agency is day is here for the Utah Jazz. What can we expect to take place? Will the Utah Jazz make a trade? Is this the day Rudy Gobert or Mike Conley or Donovan Mitchell gets traded? Do the Jazz have a free agency move to be made? David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA insider take a look at all of these questions and gives you the free agency primer. Is the market drying up on the Utah Jazz? The Clippers and Wizards have already made moves and the Atlanta Hawks have used their draft capital. Rumors continue with Rudy Gobert at the forefront and we take a look at what those deals might be for the Utah Jazz and what would have to be included to make a deal happen. Then a look at the Utah Jazz options at the tax payer mid level contractsand what the Jazz current roster looks like and what could take place. Locked On Jazz Podcast 💻 https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ 🎧 LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY 🎧 Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq 🎧 Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX 🎧Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB 🎧 Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz