Utah Jazz struggled this week without Mike Conley!

Dec 7 game recap:

The Jazz started this first quarter doing well defending the warriors, they were also able to shoot the ball at the other end of the court. They were able to get to the foul line by getting fouled early on in this game, the Jazz then let the warriors take the lead and an 11-0 run for the warriors, the Jazz then tied the game again with some free throws, the Jazz ended the first quarter being behind 30-35! The Jazz started the 2nd quarter able to defend and shoot like the first quarter, then they weren’t able to defend the warriors to take the lead again, the Jazz then did better by defending and shooting, and they tied the game again, the Jazz ended the first half still behind 66-69!

Second half recap:

The Jazz started the 3rd quarter able to defend the warriors, they also were able to dunk the basket and shoot the basket! They just couldn’t take the lead yet at the beginning of the 3rd, they were able to tie the game again with 8:46 left of the 3rd 73-73! They take the lead with KO three with 7:54 left of the quarter! The Jazz rookie Walker Kessler is doing great and defending and blocking shots, he has 4 blocks with 4:47 left of the 3rd. The Jazz ended the 3rd quarter 100-91 the Jazz with the lead going into the 4th! The Jazz beat the warriors with a clutch three then a clutch steal, they fought hard and won 124-123, Malik with clutch three with 6 seconds left, the Jazz take the ball from the warriors inbound then Simone made a two off the assist and made the clutch Two pointers!

Dec 9 game recap:

Utah Jazz did end up losing the game with Mike Conley’s return from his injury, Rudy did return to Salt Lake City for the first time since the trade. The Jazz players did well they toke the lead a couple of times but Minnesota did end up taking the win! Utah Jazz will play Denver Nuggets 12/10 for another back-to-back game of the season.

Below are the stats for today’s game:

Jazz 108

T-Wolves 118

Beasley led the Jazz with 23 points

Clarkson 21 pts

Conley 17 pts

Box score 👉 https://www.nba.com/jazz/game/0022200385

Dec 10 game recap:

Utah Jazz didn’t do good in the first half they were behind, but Walker Utah Jazz PG did well shooting and defending, they weren’t much behind the Nuggets considering Lauri, Mike and Jordan were all out this game. The Utah Jazz cut the lead down even more doing the 2nd half, they were able to make the free throws and get three-pointers to go in! The Utah Jazz was hanging in with Denver against the odds due to the Jazz having some starts out, the Utah Jazz did good in the 4th they kept switching baskets/leads the Denver nuggets to take the 3 point lead with 9.1 seconds left of the game, the Utah Jazz lost 110-115 they did well with only 2 normal starters in!

Daniel Stevens