Utah Jazz

Jazz Start Hot, But Rockets Ignite to a 96-85 Win

In the month of February, both Houston and Utah were the hot tickets in the NBA. The Rockets continued that trend on Monday night as they overcame a slow start and picked up the 96-85 win in Salt Lake City. The first three...

Post-Break Jazz Cold in 81 – 100 Portland Loss

Story of the GameThe Utah Jazz entered the All-Star break as the hottest team in the NBA and with a mentality of a hunter honing in on a seemingly certain post-season birth. Eight days off did more than cool that fervor a bit. It...

SC7: The Still-Somehow-Criminally-Underestimated Joe Ingles + Six Other Jazz Topics

Whew, catch your breath.The All-Star break finally arrived, a good chance for NBA players and fans to relax a for a few days before what will undoubtedly be an absurdly entertaining stretch run.The Utah Jazz, despite reeling...

The Other Rookie: Utah’s O’Neale Seizes Opportunity with Energy, Smarts

Jazz rookie Royce O’Neale spent last season in Europe playing for Gran Canaria in Spain’s ACB league, where he averaged eight points and five rebounds per game. So it was quite a surprise when it was announced that...

Jazz Win 11th Straight Game over Feisty Suns

Story of the GameThis game did not look like a formula for a close contest. The Utah Jazz, hottest team in the NBA and winners of their last ten games. The Phoenix Suns, losers of six straight and 11 of their last 12. In Vivint...

Weekly Q&A Part Two: Win Streak, O’Neale, Free Agency

There were way too many meaty questions in this week’s Q&A to get to them all at once. Part one went up earlier, focusing on the roles and free agency questions for Derrick Favors and Dante Exum. Now, we continue on,...

Impact of the Crowder Trade in One Chart

 Last Thursday’s three-team trade between the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Sacramento Kings generated a range of reactions among Jazz fans. The deal sent Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson out of Salt Lake City and...

Weekly Q&A Part One: Free Agency Lies Ahead for Favors, Exum

 The trade deadline passed and Derrick Favors is still with the Jazz. Fans of the franchise would like to for how long.Leading up to the deadline, we started each week with a Q&A session to answer reader questions about...

Perfect 10: Jazz Run Their Streak to Double Digits with Comeback Win Over Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs wore their camouflage jerseys in Salt Lake City Tuesday night, perhaps hoping to hide from the wreckage the Utah Jazz have laid down in the last two weeks. They nearly got away with a win, but the Jazz had...

Defense Wins Jazz Ninth Straight in 115 – 96 Win in Portland

Story of the GameEntering tonight, the Utah Jazz had won eight straight games, the longest win streak in the NBA. Simultaneously, the Portland Trail Blazers had won nine straight home games. Something had to give. It was...