Three weeks ago, the Utah Jazz walked out of American Airlines Center following a difficult 111-103 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. While the game had been billed as a potential playoff preview, and Dallas' Luke Doncic finished with a massive double-double of 35 points and 16 rebounds, the Jazz had circled the March 27th rematch on their calendar.
When speaking with media following Wednesday's tough loss to the Boston Celtics, three-time defensive player of the year Rudy Gobert had some candid and pointed comments when asked about what went wrong."It starts with, are we willing to sacrifice for each other?" Gobert said. "I think we are going to get there. . We're going to have to do things for each other. When you
After what happened on Wednesday night, a 28-point loss to Boston, Donovan Mitchell, and Rudy Gobert met with the media postgame and delivered some powerful words. While no excuses were made for the defeat, there was still an air of optimism around Utah's two leaders as they both said they believe in this team and that a performance like that will not happen again.
Throughout the course of an 82-game NBA season, nights like Wednesday are bound to happen. Unfortunately for the Utah Jazz, it came at a very inopportune time.Locked in a fierce battle for playoff positioning in the Western Conference, the Jazz suffered one of their worst defeats of the season when they fell 125-97 on the road to the red-hot Boston Celtics.
You can tell a lot about a team’s character when their back is against the wall and that’s the exact situation Utah found themselves in on Monday night against Brooklyn.Trailing by 19 with just six minutes to play and on the second end of a back-to-back, nobody would’ve blamed the Jazz if they emptied the bench, licked their wounds, and moved on to Wednesday’s game.But