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TWITTER THREAD – Recap a hard fought Jazz win thru twitter reaction as it happened
Slow start for the Utah Jazz. Kings are getting good looks and jamming up the Jazz pick and roll game. Kings lead it 15-8 with 7:31 left in the 1st quarter. Bogdanovic with 6 points for the Kings
Jazz close the quarter on a 22-9 run. Mitchell with 9 and Favors with 5 points, 3 rebounds and the Jazz lead the Kings 32-27 at end of 1st quarter Jazz have not put down the defensive clamps yet Kings off rtg is 120
With the New Orleans lost to the Rockets the Jazz are now in 6th in the Western Conference. This lead @bigTbailey signing the Jefferson’s theme on the radio
Kings are on a 16-3 run and lead the Jazz 40-35. Kings are sending the big in a trap on the pick and roll and then rotating to the rolling big. This leaves shooters open and Jazz aren’t finding them yet. Jazz are 2 of 9 on threes and Kings are 30th in NBA in 3 defense
Adam Silver on with @kristenkenney on @ATTSportsNetRM says “we will be back in Utah” when talking about the All-Star game. Would not say when. Silver was very impressed with renovations and Miller family commitment
Joe Ingles 3 ties him with Randy Foye for most 3 pointers in a single season by a member of the Utah Jazz. Joe also leads the NBA in 3 point shooting at 45.1% Opponents had been super cold from 3 shooting 29.8% over last 8 games. Tonight regression to the mean is a bad thing. Kings are 8 of 11 from 3
Jazz regain the lead 63-59. Donovan with a great drive and then a no looker to Favors for a dunk to spur on the Jazz.
Game was tied at 63 when the Jazz went to Rubio, Mitchell, Ingles, Crowder and Gobert and immediately went on a 9-0 run. Lead is now down to 4 76-72 with 2:56 left in the 3rd
One thing to keep an eye on is Jazz are struggling on offense with Dante Exum on the floor. They are 12 of 33 shooting when he has been on the floor. Need a solid stretch coming up
Kings close the 3rd quarter on a 13 to 4 run as the Jazz miss their last 3 shots of the quarter. Jazz lead is just one 80-79
Here is the good news. Jazz are 35-4 when leading going into the 4th quarter. Jazz are the #1 4th quarter offense and 2nd best 4th quarter defense and #2 overall
Tweeted this earlier today — Donovan had 12 points in 3rd quarter tonight
MOST 2ND HALF PPG SINCE 2002-03
DONOVAN MITCHELL 17-18 11.4
LEBRON JAMES 03-0410.6
KEVIN DURANT07-0810.5
DAMIAN LILLARD 12-1310.3
Kings aren’t going away. Impressive. They have won 5 of their last 9 and playing with great energy. Hitting threes 12 of 19 from 3 and Jazz are not 5 of 21. Kings lead it 86-85 with 5:41 left
With 3:51 left Sacramento leads 88-87 and the Jazz will now go with Rubio, Mitchell, Ingles, Crowder and Gobert to close. Group went on a 9-0 run earlier in the 3rd quarter
Jazz pull it out 103-97. Jazz win their 9th straight and their 21st of the last 23 games. Donovan Mitchell has 17 2nd half points to lead the Jazz to the win. Rudy Gobert with 22 points and 13 rebounds his 4th 20/10 game in 5 outings
At 40-30 the Jazz are now tied with Minnesota and San Antonio and have the tiebreaker so they are now 5th in the West
The 40th win for Ricky Rubio equals his season-high wins in a season. Best Minnesota team went 40-42.
Jazz allowed 12 first half fastbreak points and 0 in the 2nd half.
Jazz defense was great again by the end. The defensive rating was a 98.0. Holding teams under a 100 is remarkable and the Jazz are doing it every night. Did it tonight when Kings 14 of 21 from 3
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.
Relive the game through the radio highlights. Voiced by Leif Thulin.
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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