Podcast Addendum: Injuries Suck, Asterisk Talk, and the New Shape of Jazz-Clips

Just hours after we published an episode looking at all the angles and inflexion points in a 2-2 Jazz-Clippers battle, the series changed completely. It felt weird to leave last night’s podcast sitting out there without...

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,...

Podcast: Jazz-Clippers at 2-2, All-NBA & Quin Snyder’s Adjustments

The Jazz and Clippers have, perhaps fittingly, found themselves knotted up at 2-2 in their best of seven series in the Western Conference semifinals. Heading into a massively important Game 5, Ken Clayton and Dan Clayton convene...

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...