Utah Jazz

What’s Next for the Jazz?

The Utah Jazz’s season is over. The regular season was one of the most enjoyable in recent history. The postseason ended unceremoniously after losing four straight games to the Los Angeles Clippers. Now the top-seeded team...

What We Really Just Saw As Jazz Collapsed Versus Clippers

A playoff collapse like the one the Utah Jazz just experienced demands scrutiny. Utah jumped out to a 2-0 series lead even without All-Star guard Mike Conley Jr. in the lineup, and then lost four straight games in increasingly...

Jazz Fan-Led Group To Present Donation To Utah Black History Museum

 Last month, we shared the story of a Jazz fan who is inviting his peers to join him in denouncing racism and fighting inequality.We recently received an update from Blair Hodges, who runs the Jazz Fans Against Racism social...

Staff Scrimmage: Jazz Clips at 2-2, Plus Potential Series Turning Points

With the Clippers and Jazz even at two wins apiece in their best-of-7 series, five SCH writers got together to compare notes on Game 4, series trends, and what to expect from here.Quin Snyder said the Jazz played hard in Game 4,...

Mitchell Takes Another Step As a Playoff Assassin

In the fall of 2017, the Utah Jazz made a gutsy decision. A few games into their season, they turned the offense over to a late lottery rookie. Their attempts to turn complementary scorer Rodney Hood into the focal point of the...

Elite Clippers, Jazz Square Off in Battle of Wills

Let’s call Jazz-Clippers what it is: a battle of heavyweights. The two teams that will tip off a best-of-seven series tonight in Salt Lake City emerged from the pack with the NBA’s two best Net Ratings, SRS marks and...

Key Factors in the Clippers–Jazz Matchup

Five years ago, the Jazz upset a star-studded Clippers team in a seven-game thriller. It featured Rudy Gobert’s first playoff experience, a 40-point game from Gordon Hayward, and an epic Joe Johnson game-winner. Things have...

Jazz-Grizz Parallels, Schemes and Possible G5 Wrinkles

Not that long ago, the Utah Jazz were where the Memphis Grizzlies are today: a fun, gritty team playing with house money and led by a superstar blossoming ahead of schedule.Like this year’s Grizzlies, the 2017-18 Jazz...

Dispelling Myths Around Gobert’s Defense

The misinformation continually fueled by clickbait factories and their bands of trolls has created a monumental gap between fan perception of Rudy Gobert and Rudy Gobert’s reality.It’s ironic that in a year where Gobert...

One Jazz Fan’s Call to Unite Against Inequality

As the lines separating sports and social issues blurred like never before in the past year, one basketball fan decided to invite his online community of Utah Jazz supporters to join him in pushing back against racism.A wave of...