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Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder talks with Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) during a timeout in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 2, 2021. Snyder is among the top candidates for the NBA’s Coach of the Year award this season.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Not only does the Friday night game between the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns have major playoff implications, but it will feature two coaches in the Jazz’s Quin Snyder and the Suns’ Monty Williams who are thick in the conversation for the NBA’s Coach of the Year award.
Earlier this season, Snyder was widely seen as the heavy favorite to win it. Utah was largely expected to be a mid-tier playoff team or worse in the preseason, so the fact it had vaulted to the top of the ridiculously strong Western Conference made Snyder’s case.