Salt City Seven

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...

Does the Jazz’s Playoff Seed Actually Matter?

The dust has not settled… yetThe eight team field for the Western Conference playoffs is all but solidified, with current eighth seed San Antontio a full five games ahead of the No. 9 Sacramento Kings. It’s not...

Jazz Blow Out Sad, Sad Suns (So Does Devin Booker)

Story of the GameOne of the strangest nights of basketball in Salt Lake City history witnessed two records, a grotesque return of a local cult hero, and a blowout of the Phoenix Suns by the Utah Jazz, 125-92.The record that will...

Salt City Seven: Week of Domination (Almost), Five Painful Ls, Playoff Push & 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...

Déjà Vu? Jazz’s Loss to Atlanta Costs Them in Playoff Positioning

Last season, an unexpected loss to the Atlanta Hawks in game 71 of the season became a determining factor in why the Jazz lost out of homecourt advantage in the NBA playoffs that spring. A similar slip-up on Thursday night caused...

Jazz Extend Win Streak, Then Get Standings Help

Donovan Mitchell clearly likes playing in his hometown arena.The first time Mitchell, a Westchester County native, visited Madison Square Garden, he started the game with an alley-oop throwdown on the first possession. He was...