Jazz 99 – Warriors 92: Another Overtime Thriller

Josh Howard, starter!

Found ways to have a big impact on the game even though his shot wasn’t always falling. Had a huge put-back to keep the Jazz alive.

Another career night with 17 rebounds and 23 points, including a monster ‘and1’ dunk and free throw to tie the game late in regulation.

Not a great shooting night, but Harris made plays down the stretch.

Still struggling with vertigo.

Once again steadied the ship off the bench with a fine performance.

In just 13 minutes Evans put up a nice little stat line. “Nice to see him get some playing time,” says everybody.

Hayward gets an A simply for his chase-down block and coast-to-coast dunk late in the game. His Tom Chambers impression is getting better and better every game.

A poor shooting night from Alec Burks, but he kept himself on the floor by playing surprisingly good defense and rebounding from the guard spot.

13 rebounds and only 4 points tells the story of Kanter’s game at this point in his career. He’s great at corralling the rebound, but one of the worst at going up strong with a put-back. Among players who’ve played more than 30 games, only Joel Anthony and Lou Amundson get their shot blocked more often. In Kanter’s case, nearly 1 in every five shots he takes gets blocked.

We’re giving Kanter a B+ because of his ridiculous rebounding ability, but we’re writing a note in red ink at the top of his paper: “Must improve: Finishing at the rim and going back up strong.”