Utah Jazz

Salt City Seven: Stifle Snubbed, Trade Rumor Context, Letdown Losses and More

The Salt City Seven drops every Monday 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...

For the Second Time, Korver Has Boosted Utah’s Offense After a Midseason Arrival

As soon as the Utah Jazz traded for Kyle Korver in November, the deja vu juices started flowing, a callback to his first sting with the club from 2007 to 2010. Back then, the sharpshooter revolutionized an anemic offense; has he...

After Crucial Loss to Portland, Jazz Focus on Five Games Before Break

The actual game recap for Wednesday’s game between Portland and Utah is really quite simple: Portland played really well, and the Jazz played not so well. That sums up quite nicely what took place in the ESPN-televised...

Highs and Lows Define 2018-19 For Trio of Jazz Starters

Even good players struggle now and then over the course of 82 games. In the case of a trio of Utah Jazz starters, they’ve particularly found themselves riding that roller coaster of inconsistency, with scintillating...

The Jazz Play Postseason Leapfrog in the Western Conference

This season’s Western Conference playoff chase started opening night. That’s how closely matched the teams are in the incredibly deep conference. Like last year, a slow start by the Utah Jazz saw them staring at...

Salt City Seven: Putting Pressure on the D, Mitchell Making History, Gobert vs. Young Centers & More

The Salt City Seven drops every Monday 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...

Why the Western Conference Coaches WIll Make Gobert an All-Star

With how the All-star game is set up, it will always be extremely hard for a player wearing a Utah Jazz uniform to get into the game based on the fan vote. They would have to be a super-duper star, in the mold of franchise...

Utah Pulls Away From Denver in Chippy Divisional Showdown

The Denver Nuggets came to Wednesday night’s contest with the Jazz having lost seven straight games in Utah. Donovan Mitchell and company made sure to stretch that streak to eight, defeating Denver 114-108. Mitchell...

NW Check-In: Jazz’s Margin For Error is Shrinking Against Division Rivals

Early in the season, I previewed the Utah Jazz’s journey through the toughest division in basketball, analyzing the competition and rivals in the brutal Northwest Division. We’re a little past the midway point of the...

Late Heroics by Mitchell Fall Short in 109-104 Loss to Blazers

Story of the GameIt’s hard to beat a good NBA team three times in a row, as the Utah Jazz’s 109-104 home loss to the Portland Trailblazers demonstrated.Portland entered the game 28 and 17 against every team in the NBA...