Utah Jazz

Jazz-Rockets Far From a 2018 Redo As Personnel, Strategies Shift

The Jazz’s upcoming playoff series against the Houston Rockets is an interesting 2018 rematch, but it certainly won’t be a 2018 redo. Because of available personnel and shifting defensive strategies, the battlefield...

Panel: Jazz Look to Slow Harden, Unleash Mitchell’s Playoff Encore

Utah’s first-round playoff series against Houston kicks off this weekend, with a 7:30 p.m. (MDT) tip-off on Sunday for Game 1.Ahead of the series, a panel of SCH writers got together to share perspectives on the series,...

Jazz End Up With Houston After Four Comebacks in Two Nights

Heading into the week, it was almost an certain that the Utah Jazz were going to remain as the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs, with the No. 4 Portland Trailblazers their most likely opponent. Crazy things would...

Mitchell Scores 46 as the Jazz Hit 50 Wins

In their regular season home finale, the Utah Jazz finished strong to pull away from the Denver Nuggets, 118-108. Though they wavered here and there, including briefly trailing early in the second half, they played with force...

SC7: Playoff Picture, Who Are the Jazz, Gobert’s Elite O, Reserves Step Up

The Salt City Seven drops every week throughout the regular season, with seven regular features meant to relive the week in Jazzland from various angles. Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that...

Salt City Seven Archive: Relive 2018-19 Week by Week

Every week during the regular season, SCH editor and columnist Dan Clayton posts the Salt City Seven, with seven regular features meant to relive the week in Jazzland from various angles. Each week’s column contains the...

Injuries Can’t Stop Streaking Jazz From Sixth Straight Victory

Late regular season games in April bring out battles of the third string. And in this battle of benches, the Phoenix Suns’ Jimmer Fredette was outdone by Jimmer 2.0, Jazz rookie Grayson Allen. It’s not a coincidence...

Jazz Get Routine Victory over Charlotte… Hrnets?

It wasn’t a brilliant performance by the Jazz, but it was enough for a 111-102 win on Monday Night. It helped that Charlotte played their 3rd game in 4 nights, but it appeared, tonight, that the Hrnets left their...

Salt City Seven: Utah’s Uniquely Elite D, Playoff Picture, Dunks, Leads & More

The Salt City Seven drops every week throughout the regular season, with seven regular features meant to relive the week in Jazzland from various angles. Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that...

Jazz Winning Ways Continue As Playoff Race Intensifies

The NBA Playoffs are just about a two weeks away, which means every game has crucial effects to the current seeding. We’ve seen that in recent weeks, as the Utah Jazz have jumped as high as fifth and dropped as low as...