Jazz, in quest of clinching top seed, host lowly Rockets
Field Level Media
09 May 2021, 00:05 GMT+10
On Friday afternoon, the Utah Jazz announced that All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will be sidelined at least one more week due to his sprained ankle.
On Friday night, the Jazz looked as if they might not need Mitchell.
They will, of course, if their stay in the playoffs is long, but they werein tune without Mitchell in a 127-120 win over the Denver Nuggets. Leading the way was Bojan Bogdanovic, who hit 16-of-23 field-goal attempts and 8-of-11 3-pointers en route to a career-high 48 points.
With all due respect to MVP contender Nikola Jokic, who scored 24 points for the Nuggets, it was Bogdanovic who looked like the MVP based on this performance, which led the Jazz (49-18) to their fourth straight win.