Utah Jazz

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...

Lineups, Tweaks & Quirks That Could Shape Jazz-Grizzlies Series

The Utah Jazz have been a very steady, healthy juggernaut for the vast majority of the 2020-21 regular season. A recent spell without Mike Conley Jr. and Donovan Mitchell notwithstanding, the Jazz’s primary rotation has...

Threading the Needle: April, May & Season Wrap

 By this point, we all know how special this Utah Jazz season was. In securing the clinching win over Sacramento last Sunday, this Jazz team achieved the best record in the league at 52-20, a franchise first. The team also...

Does Gobert Deserve MVP Buzz For Fueling No. 1 Jazz?

The Jazz sent out packs of customized zines to NBA awards voters this week and they are awesome. Just one thing, the zine they sent for Rudy Gobert was for consideration for “DPOY & ALL-NBA.” It’s incredible...