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Utah Jazz vs. Golden State Warriors: Recap and Final Score

The Utah Jazz have extended their losing skid to three games with a loss against the Golden State Warriors. The final score was 114-123. Here are the biggest takeaways from the night: Defense folds again under Curry takeover Utah controlled the first half of this game. At one point they held a 12 point lead. […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Danny Ainge sent a very clear message to the Utah Jazz

On New Year’s Day, when most of us were likely recovering from New Year’s Eve, Danny Ainge sent out a tweet that had a lot of meaning to the rebuild of the Jazz. It was a response to a post about the importance of patience. Here’s what Ainge said: The biggest message here is the […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Clippers: Recap and final score

The Utah Jazz, doing everything they could to not win this game, nearly won this game. The headlines for this one will talk about Kawhi Leonard and his 45 points, but this was an absolutely pathetic performance from the Los Angeles Clippers. Coming into this one, the Utah Jazz rested their most important players, including […]

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about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Utah Jazz New Year’s Resolutions

The Utah Jazz are on the verge of an epic new chapter with the emergence of Keyonte George and a young core that is developing in a nice way. Here are three resolutions they can embrace to make this year even better. Tank for the best pick possible Utah has shown that this core has […]

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about 1 month ago | 1 read

Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics: Recap and Final Score

The Utah Jazz have been on a bit of a tear lately, stealing a couple wins from some of the best teams in the NBA. The Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs lost a couple of close games to a surprisingly upstart Utah team that refuses to tank (or at least has figured out how […]

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about 1 month ago | 0 reads

The Downbeat: As for the Utah Jazz, forget the tank

The organ’s blare assaults the entrants as the chapel’s shadows toss a blanket over the congregation. All heads turned to the front, where a cross had been delicately carved into the oak walls of the sanctuary. The altar shows its age, though with little wear to speak of. The occasional dent, chip, and imperfection is […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Boston Celtics vs. Utah Jazz: Preview, Start Time, How to Watch

The Utah Jazz (12-19) are hosting the Boston Celtics (19-12) at (The) Delta Center tonight. Utah has won two-straight, with wins against the Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs. While these games were exciting to watch, if the season ended today, the Jazz would be living the worst case scenario: missing the Play-In while having […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Is the Utah Jazz’s Keyonte George an NBA all-star?

It’s hard to think that there was a time in the past calendar year where Keyonte George was replaced by Isaiah Collier in the Utah Jazz starting lineup, but last January, in the midst of a four-game losing streak, Jazz head coach Will Hardy did exactly that. For most of the second half of the […]

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about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Utah Jazz vs. San Antonio Spurs: Recap and Final Score

The Utah Jazz picked up their second-straight win on a SEGABABA (second night of a back-to-back) against the San Antonio Spurs with a final score of 127-114. Here are the biggest takeaways from the night: Keyonte George, once again George’s third-year leap is real. His name should be right at the top of any Most […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs: Preview, start time, channel, injury report

The Utah Jazz are entering San Antonio to take on the San Antonio Spurs, who are looking like the premiere team in the league. How nice it is to have lottery luck, right? Utah has some swagger of their own coming off a game-winning shot from Keyonte George that knocked off the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Utah Jazz vs Detroit Pistons: Recap and final score – Key called game.

The Jazz, full of cookies and Christmas fun times, arrived back on their home court, losing their last four games. The Pistons had been steamrolling the Eastern Conference; they comfortably sat at the top of the conference with an 11-5 road record. It was an almost certain tally in the loss column — a mutual […]

about 1 month ago | 5 reads

The Downbeat: Drafting Adam Silver’s Naughty List in Utah

There are a thousand ways to account for naughtiness in a professional basketball player. Speaking out opposed to Silver Claus’ white-and-black striped elves within the privacy of a press conference, sharing your affinity for firearms with children at pick up games or in the confines of an Instagram live stream, or even something as simple […]

about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Utah Jazz vs Memphis Grizzlies: Recap and final score

The exhausted Utah Jazz and Memphis Grizzlies met up in Utah after playing on the back end of back-to-backs, and the Grizzlies won out 137-128. Utah, who rested Lauri Markkanen from a nagging groin injury, wasn’t able to keep up with the firepower of Santi Aldama and the Memphis Grizzlies. Aldama scored 37, shooting 7/13 […]

about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Utah Jazz vs Memphis Grizzlies: Preview, start time, channel, injury report

The Utah Jazz will take on the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, a day after getting beaten badly by the Denver Nuggets. The Jazz will also be going into this one without Lauri Markkanen, according to the latest Utah Jazz injury report. On top of missing out on Lauri Markkanen, the Jazz will not have Jusuf Nurkic, […]

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about 2 months ago | 0 reads

NBA Trade Rumors: Utah Jazz have two goals this trade deadline

According to Jake Fischer, the Utah Jazz have decided what they want to do for the rest of this season and for next season. From Fischer: Utah naturally wants to retain its first-round pick that is only 1-to-8 protected in June and headed to Oklahoma City if it lands at No. 9 or lower, but […]

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about 2 months ago | 1 read

Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets: Recap and final score

In a game that was over in the first quarter, the Denver Nuggets destroyed the Utah Jazz 135-112. The score isn’t even indicative of how the game went. To start the game, the Nuggets went on a massive run, leaving the Jazz down by 27 points in the middle of the 1st quarter. For the […]

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about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets: Preview, Start Time, How to Watch

The Utah Jazz (10-17) are headed to Denver to take on the Nuggets (20-7) at Ball Arena. This game kicks off the first night of a back-to-back, with the Jazz flying back to Salt Lake City tomorrow to take on the Memphis Grizzlies. The Nuggets, once again contenders, are third in the Western Conference standings. […]

about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Recap: Jazz 127 Magic 128

Desmond Bane ended the game the way he began: Driving into the paint against a hapless Jazz defense and scoring. The sixth-year guard finished with 32 points on 13 shots, including the game-winner. The game started with indications that trends from the previous game would continue, namely a red-hot offense and Swiss cheese defense. The […]

about 2 months ago | 3 reads

Utah Jazz vs Orlando Magic Player Grades

Keyonte George | A- George struggled in this one more than he has in a while, but he got extra credit in the fourth for this absolutely bonkers 4-point play. We’re lucky to have Keyonte George on the Jazz. He consistently plays great in the clutch, something we could never say about Donovan Mitchell. Svi […]

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about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Utah Jazz vs Orlando Magic Preview: Polar opposites collide

The Jazz (10-16) homestand caps off with the Magic (15-12) hobbling into town — five of their guys are listed on the injury report. Utah’s still riding off the high from their close 143-135 loss with the LA Lakers in the same building, and now they can take on the world. That’s right, the Jazz […]

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about 2 months ago | 1 read

Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers: Post Game Recap & Keyonte George’s Greatness

The Utah Jazz fall to Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers with the final score being 135-143 LAL. LeBron James turned back the clock and was only 7 rebounds short of a triple-double, while Luka did Luka things and ended up with a 45-point triple-double — these are the types of guys you get […]

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about 2 months ago | 2 reads

Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers: preview, start time, channel, injury report

The Utah Jazz will take on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in Salt Lake City tonight. The good news for Jazz fans is that it looks like LeBron James will be playing. It does appear that the Lakers will not have Gabe Vincent suit up as he’s dealing with some lower back tightness. […]

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about 2 months ago | 0 reads