Jazz Never Slow Raptor Offense in 100 – 109 Home Loss

Story of the Game With Ricky Rubio and Donovan Mitchell providing unexpected offensive punch, Utah has become something of a sexy watch recently. But this loss to the Toronto Raptors, Utah’s first at home this season...

Is Ricky Rubio for real, Donovan Mitchell thoughts, and more — Salt City Hoops Show

On this week's episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, host Andy Larsen and guest host Marcos Aragon talk about the suddenly much more positive Jazz, who have gone 3-0 since our last episode. How much of Ricky Rubio's shooting and...

SC7: Jazzgasms on D, Thabo, 3 Game Balls & More

Every week, the Salt City Seven column brings you the stories, stats, performances and quotes that mattered most in the previous seven days. After a 3-0 stretch, we get to spend this week’s edition doling out multiple game...

Jazz Overwhelm Blazers in OT, 112 – 103

Story of the Game Utah defeated Portland in a crazy, contentious, and extremely competitive match up that required a gutsy Jazz comeback – and a game saving buzzer beating block by Rudy Gobert – simply to force...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Houdini, Spanish Lesson, Exum’s Caretaker

Welcome to your first regular season dose of Jimbo Rudding, our resident mailbag artist. Jimbo provides our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops, and he does it by answering the burning questions to which Jazz fans...

Best, Worse Case Scenario After Two Weeks of Play

Two weeks into the 2017-18 NBA season, the Utah Jazz have already shown fans both Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. When times are good, like a third-quarter dominance against Oklahoma City, things are really good. But when things go...

Utah Dominates the Second Half in 104 – 89 Dallas Win

Story of the Game This contest was best understood as two disparate halves spliced into an odd whole. The first belonged to Dallas. Enabled by some lackluster individual defense by the Jazz, the Mavericks started the night white...

Rookie Mitchell Soars in Jazz 96 – 81 Victory

Story of the Game While Utah broke its two-game losing streak at home against the lesser of Los Angeles’ NBA squads, the victory didn’t warrant undue excitement – except for perhaps the showdown between lottery...

SC7: Recalibrating Rudy, Bouncing Back, Assist History

It’s time for the Salt City Seven, the weekly recap of all things Jazz, served up in seven capsules on topics big and small. As usual, we’ll start with a prominent big picture topic, which this week centers on, well,...

After back-to-back losses, it’s time to panic — Salt City Hoops Show

After the Jazz lost back to back games in ugly fashion to the Los Angeles Clippers and the Phoenix Suns, things are looking pretty pessimistic in Salt Lake City. What’s going wrong with the 2-3 Jazz? Will they ever be able...