SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Jazz won for the 19th time in the last 20 games Monday against the Philadelphia 76ers. It s a fun and historic stretch. Fans are commenting and we are reading (the nice ones at least), so we thought we d add to the conversation.
Here are the talking points after Utah s win over the 76ers from KSL.com commenters. Trading Dante Exum for Jordan Clarkson was one of the best trades the Jazz have ever made. jaredteerlink
Recency bias is a natural and beautiful thing. Clarkson s 40-point night on Monday was one of the big catalysts to Utah s eighth straight win, and he is the undisputed favorite to win Sixth Man of the Year (if he continues to play even remotely at his current level, he very well may be a unanimous selection). But where does the Dante Exum and Clarkson swap land in the history of Jazz trades?
For the first time since Thurl Bailey in 1988, a Utah Jazz player scores 40-points off the bench. Jordan Clarkson leads Jazz to victory in exciting fashion.
Clarkson scores 40 as Jazz top Simmons, 76ers
Jordan Clarkson scored a season-high 40 points to power the streaking Utah Jazz past the Philadelphia 76ers 134-123 in a matchup of conference leaders Monday night despite a career-best 42 points from Ben Simmons.
The Canadian Press Utah Jazz s Royce O Neale, rear, and Donovan Mitchell celebrate , The Canadian Press
SALT LAKE CITY Even without Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers were scoring every time down the court.
But the Utah Jazz didn’t blink. They just gave the ball to Jordan Clarkson.
Clarkson had a season-high 40 points off the bench to send the streaking Jazz past Philadelphia 134-123 in a matchup of conference leaders Monday night despite a career-best 42 points from Ben Simmons.