For two and a half quarters, the Utah Jazz struggled to find any sort of rhythm on either end of the court.But then head coach Quin Snyder did something unexpected something that showed minimal promise in the regular season. Snyder elected to go small, using Eric Paschall at the center spot in place of Rudy Gobert and Hassan Whiteside.
It's a series, now.Despite a combined 59 points from Donovan Mitchell and Bojan Bogdanović, the Jazz let a golden opportunity slip through their fingers when they fell 110-104 to the Dallas Mavericks in game two of their first round series.Following the loss, the series is now tied at 1-1 and heads back to the snowcapped mountains of Salt Lake City with tipoff set for 7 p.m.
In the lead-up to the opening game of the 2022 playoffs, the ordinarily stoic Bojan Bogdanović had some very interesting words to say.When asked about Utah's chances in the first round against the Dallas Mavericks, Bogdanovic simply said he liked their chances because he knew what the team was capable of. While that comment was nothing controversial, what followed was
All week long leading up to the start of the playoffs, head coach Quin Snyder and the Jazz were asked multiple times about Utah's struggles at the end of the season. After starting the season 26-9, the Jazz finished under .500 the rest of the way as issues closing out games appeared to be their Achilles heel.
It may have taken until the final game of the regular season, but the Utah Jazz are precisely where they belong. They are the champions of the Northwest Division AGAIN.Despite playing shorthanded as starters Donovan Mitchell and Bojan Bogdanović were on the bench in street clothes, Utah dominated the second half en route to a 111-80 victory over the Portland Trailblazers on