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TWITTER THREAD – Jazz outlast the Pistons behind the defense
Pistons 9 Jazz 2 with 10:25 left in the 1st quarter
Pistons getting in transition off Jazz misses and turnovers. Drummond goes coast to coast and Reggie Jackson does the same.
Pistons are #4 team at not allowing a three and #1 team defending the three
Pistons 45 Jazz 35 with 7:50 left in the 2nd quarter
Jazz defense hasn’t kicked in yet. Pistons making some tough looks.
Pistons have been much better this year with Ish Smith on the floor and it looks it tonight.
Joe Ingles with 6 assists and Derrick Favors with 8 pts
Pistons 53 Jazz 43 with 3:59 left in the 2nd quarter
Pistons are doubling Donovan every time he comes off a pick and it is disturbing the rythm of the Jazz offense
Defense isn’t getting stops tonight. Defensive Rating right now is 125
Pistons 59 Jazz 53 at the half
Jazz shoot a season high 24 free throws in the first half
Antonio Lang said at halftime defense lacks physicality. Pistons able to go wherever they want. Need to give help on post ups by Blake.
Jazz 62 Pistons 62 with 9:17 left in the 3rd quarter
Jazz open on a 9-3 run
Rudy Gobert with a vicious dunk on Andre Drummond.
Donovan up to 19
Stars have to be great without 3 rotation guys. Doing it right now
Jazz 83 Pistons 82 with 8:32 left in the 4th quarter
Kyle Korver with his 5th three of the night gives the Jazz the lead.
Twice tonight loose balls have ended up with open threes for Korver
Joe Ingles sprained an ankle in 1st half and is 0 for 5 since
Rudy Gobert has 18 points and 20 rebounds. 6th time in NBA career with 20 rebounds. Last time was March 5 2017 v. Sacramento. Has only gone 20-20 once in career Jan 20th in 2017 at Dallas.
Jazz 88 Pistons 84 with 4:58 left in the 4th quarter
Jazz have only allowed 25 2nd half points
As they went to timeout Donovan Mitchell was met by Joe Ingles and Ricky Rubio to talk about what he is seeing on the floor. Good leadership
Jazz 100 Detroit 94 – Final Score
Jazz allow just 35 points in the 2nd half
Defensive rating was a 95 tonight and has now been under 100 in 13 of the last 17 games.
Rudy Gobert 18 points and 25 rebounds
Donovan Mitchell 28 points and 5 assists
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
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