When Utah and LA met on Friday night at Vivint Arena, it was a game that would be a war of attrition. Both teams entered without their top two scorers Donovan Mitchell and Bojan Bogdanovic for Utah, and Kawhi Leonard and Paul George for the Clippers. With so much star power missing, it meant that Utah's depth or LA's chemistry would win out in the end. Turns out, the Jazz
Following Monday's loss to Milwaukee, Donovan Mitchell vowed that he would do better in the fourth quarter of games. The three-time all-star has struggled by his standards in clutch scenarios throughout the season, forcing him to confront the situation when asked about it."I gotta be better," Mitchell said Monday night. "I'm typically alright in that situation. … My
Whether you're an official or the opposing team, take this as a warning, it's no longer a good idea to piss off Donovan Mitchell when he has a basketball in his hand.Unfortunately for the Chicago Bulls, they found out the hard way on Wednesday night and it wasn't even their fault.Normally remarkably even-keeled, Mitchell found himself out of his norm early in the third
Playing their fourth game in three days and sixth in nine days a weary Jazz team had the opportunity to make a statement to the rest of the NBA.Utah took on a well-rested Milwaukee Bucks squad and took the defending champs down to the wire before eventually coming up short in a 117-111 loss on Monday night."These are the type of games hopefully we are going to continue to
At the end of their most difficult and physically taxing stretch of the season, Utah announced just hours before tipoff that stars Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert would miss Saturday's game against Sacramento.That meant that a weary and fatigued Jazz team, playing their fifth game in seven days and on the backend of a back-to-back, would be down two starters against the young and