Game Recaps

Staff Post: Reacting to Mitchell’s 57, Utah’s G1 Loss and More

The 2020 NBA Playoffs are underway, and the Jazz got off to a memorable start. Their playoff debut featured a historic individual performance, as All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell poured in 57 points, the most by an NBA player in...

Jazz-Nuggets Preview: On Depth, Defense & What Utah Needs From Mitchell

After kicking off the first bubble game when the season resumed, the Jazz will be the first to take the floor for the much-delayed 2020 playoffs on Monday at 11:30 a.m. MDT.Hey, you made a typo. I think you mean p.m., not a.m.....

Jazz-Nuggets Regular Season Review: Nothing Normal About This Year’s Three Matchups

In anticipation of the Utah Jazz impending matchup against the Denver Nuggets, I spent time watching the teams’ regular season games this week with the intention of talking about rotations and key things to watch. Instead, I...

Three-Time? The Case For Gobert As DPOY

The regular season portion of the NBA Restart is over, and here come the playoffs, meaning NBA award season is here. All Jazz fans care to know is if Rudy Gobert — nicknamed “two-time” after his consecutive...

Salt City Seven: Mitchell’s Next Level, Attacking Denver, Final Season Stats & More

Every week during the regular season begins with the Salt City Seven: seven regular features that let us relive the biggest moments, key performances and hot issues in Jazzland from various angles. Since the 2019-20 season...

Center Stage: Deciding Factors As Gobert’s Jazz and Jokic’s Nuggets Collide

At the center of the playoff series that opens Monday between the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets is one of the most intriguing individual matchups in the NBA. Rudy Gobert and Nikola Jokic bring very different strengths to the NBA...

Jazz Thoughts After Season Finale Victory

The final regular season game for the 2019-2020 Utah Jazz was as anticlimactic as the last two seasons’ Defensive Player of the Year voting. There was little suspense as the load managing Jazz nonchalantly defeated an...

Playoff Seeding Begins to Solidify as Jazz Lose to The Mavericks

The Utah Jazz lose to the Mavericks and all is right in the world … for now. If playoff seeding wasn’t on your mind already, it is now. Are we really rooting for the Jazz to lose just to avoid a matchup in the playoffs?...

Salt City Seven: Playoff Jockeying, Clutch Mitchell, The End is Nigh & More

Every week during the regular season begins with the Salt City Seven: seven regular features that let us relive the biggest moments, key performances and hot issues in Jazzland from various angles. We put the SC7 on pause along...

Ingles’ Breakout Performance Leads Utah Past Memphis

The NBA Restart has been anything but magical for the Utah Jazz, as they were 1-2 in their first three games back from the league’s long hiatus. The Jazz have struggled offensively as they ranked No. 20 out of 22 bubble...