Rubio Wants Jazz To “Man Up” On Defense

Shots were fired from the postgame podium in Houston on Wednesday night. And unlike many of the shots taken by Jazz players that evening, these ones landed.Minutes after the Jazz suffered a wire-to-wire Game 2 beatdown, a...

Struggling Jazz Fall Again to a Red Hot Harden

In the 4th quarter of game one, the Rockets outscored the Jazz 39-19. Picking up right on cue, that same score, 39-19, was on the board after the first quarter of game two, and the Houston maintained their lead throughout as the...

James Harden Ushers in a New Era of Ugly

Admittedly, this is an inopportune time for anyone Jazz-related to make this argument about James Harden.After all, the reigning MVP — who is a top candidate to repeat this season — just led his Houston Rockets to a...

Playoff Notes: Jazz Searching for Answers on Both Ends After G1 Loss

After a series-opening loss to the Houston Rockets, the Utah Jazz are looking for solutions and improvement as they head into game two, set for Wednesday night.  Many question marks arose following the 122-90 game-one...

Jazz-Rockets Far From a 2018 Redo As Personnel, Strategies Shift

The Jazz’s upcoming playoff series against the Houston Rockets is an interesting 2018 rematch, but it certainly won’t be a 2018 redo. Because of available personnel and shifting defensive strategies, the battlefield...

Panel: Jazz Look to Slow Harden, Unleash Mitchell’s Playoff Encore

Utah’s first-round playoff series against Houston kicks off this weekend, with a 7:30 p.m. (MDT) tip-off on Sunday for Game 1.Ahead of the series, a panel of SCH writers got together to share perspectives on the series,...

Jazz End Up With Houston After Four Comebacks in Two Nights

Heading into the week, it was almost an certain that the Utah Jazz were going to remain as the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs, with the No. 4 Portland Trailblazers their most likely opponent. Crazy things would...

Mitchell Scores 46 as the Jazz Hit 50 Wins

In their regular season home finale, the Utah Jazz finished strong to pull away from the Denver Nuggets, 118-108. Though they wavered here and there, including briefly trailing early in the second half, they played with force...

SC7: Playoff Picture, Who Are the Jazz, Gobert’s Elite O, Reserves Step Up

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...

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...