Staff Scrimmage: The SCH Team on Round 1 and What’s to Come vs. GSW

Well that was fun. Let’s do that again. The Utah Jazz wrapped their best-of-seven series against the Clippers on Sunday with a dominating Game 7 during which they never trailed by more than a single point. Their reward for...

Podcast: The Brothers Clayton on the Jazz’s Series Win vs. Clippers

The Claytons (Dan and Ken) are back to discuss the Utah Jazz’s 2017 postseason, revisiting some of the keys to Utah’s 7-game victory over the L.A. Clippers and talking about what success looks like as the Jazz prepare to...

Jimbo’s Mailbag – Game 6 Edition

Get ready for the postseason stylings of our resident mailbag artist. Jimbo Rudding provides our regular dose of levity here at Salt City Hoops, and he does it by answering the burning questions to which Jazz fans just must have...

Game 4 Relived: Every Moment of a Crazy Close in Jazz-Clips

Some games should be recapped. This wasn’t one of them. No, we’re not going to simply recap everything that happened in a wild final eight minutes of the Jazz’s 105-98 Game 4 win over the Clippers —...

Chris Paul Carves Through Jazz Defense, Puts Clips Up 2-1

Six minutes of futility cost the Jazz a chance to score a Game 4 win against the Clippers on Friday night. After controlling most of the game, the Jazz allowed their visitors to seize control of the game and series with a 15-0...

Jazz vs. Clippers Goes Back to Utah at 1-1 — Salt City Hoops Show

On this week’s episode of the Salt City Hoops Show, hosts Andy Larsen, Zach Harper, and Ben Anderson talk about the state of the Jazz/Clippers series. What have we learned about how the Jazz defend without Rudy Gobert, and...

Jazz-Clippers: Finding Adjustments For Games 3 & 4

On the one hand, the Utah Jazz are in fine shape overall, returning home for Game 3 of their first-round NBA Playoff series with the 1-1 split that road playoff teams aim for. Speaking in general terms, their trip to Los...

Recap Game 2: Rudy-less Jazz Can’t Contain Clippers’ Ruthless Big Three

The saying goes, “Gobert or go home.” The meaning of those words often eludes even Jazz Nation faithful, but game two against the Clippers may have shed some light on it. The Jazz do indeed now head back home after...

Podcast: Jazz Steal Game 1, But Clips-Jazz Now Has a Different Feel

After an intense first game of the Jazz-Clippers series, Dan and Ken Clayton get together to discuss the high highs and low lows. The game took on a very different feel 10 seconds in when Rudy Gobert suffered a knee injury, and...

Game 1 Recap: The Rise of the Armadillo Cowboy

If you look up Joe Marcus Johnson on basketball-reference, you will see that he has 4 credited nicknames: Iso Joe, Joe Cool, Big Shot Joe, and the Armadillo Cowboy.  Tonight, at least three of those nicknames were on full...