Utah Jazz

Balanced Effort, Better D Lead Jazz to a 1-1 Series Tie With Houston

Before the Utah Jazz left the Houston airport, they wanted to pack their suitcase with a win. In a game of big runs, they did enough to grab the perfect souvenir, winning 116-108 to even the conference semifinals one game...

Jazz Measure Far Short of Rockets in 96 – 110 Game 1 Loss

Story of the GameThe Utah Jazz advanced to the second round of the NBA Playoffs for the second straight year by eliminating the defending league MVP Russell Westbrook. To advance further, they will have to get by the heavy...

Western Conference Semifinals Preview: Keys to Competing With the Rockets

The Houston Rockets came into the 2018 postseason confident and ready to build off of their best regular season in franchise history and the top record in the league. Led by Chris Paul and James Harden, Houston logged the 10th...

Mitchell Heeds His Coach’s Urging, Lifts Jazz to Round 2 with 38

During an early timeout, Jazz coach Quin Snyder injected some confidence into his rookie prodigy. Then, Donovan Mitchell injected some energy into what ultimately became a closeout Game 6 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder,...

Thunder Stars Orchestrate Historic Comeback, Force a Game 6 with 107-99 Win

Russell Westbrook and Paul George would like to keep playing basketball.Oklahoma City’s two stars staved off elimination by leading a furious second-half comeback and defeating the Utah Jazz, 107-99. The Thunder trailed by...

No Laughing Matter: Gobert Putting His Stamp on Jazz-Thunder Series

It was a little more than a year ago when Russell Westbrook, now the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player, laughed off a reporter’s question about how to contain Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert.The question was perhaps worded...

Staff Scrimmage: Jazz Playoff MVP, Westbrook Woes & This Year’s Excitement vs. Last Year’s

The Jazz are in control, but not out of the woods.Utah took a 3-1 lead in their first-round series with the Oklahoma City Thunder with their 18-point win on Monday, setting up a chance to close out the series in Bricktown. Five...

Jazz Blow Out Thunder Again at Home for Commanding 3 – 1 Lead

Story of the GameEntering Game 4 of the First Round series between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder, all the focus was on the point guard match up. After being on the receiving end of a huge triple double thanks to...

Podcast: Jazz Thunder Game 4 Looms Large

With a pivotal fourth game approaching, Dan and Ken Clayton get back to breaking down the Jazz’s first-round playoff series with the Thunder. Utah is up 2-1 after a historic performance from Ricky Rubio, but reigning MVP...

Jazz Dominate Thunder 115 – 102 for 2 – 1 Series Lead

Story of the GameThe Utah Jazz are wont to answer any question about their strengths as individual players by bragging up the strength of their collective – of the team. In the third game of their First Round playoff series...