We may have changed everything this summer in Utah, Jazz is still a stronghold of the League. Either way, that’s what you might think after Will Hardy’s men stinging defeat at the Denver Nuggets. 123-102, that’s 21 points of difference and very good for the people of Salt Lake City.
The Utah Jazz franchise got a makeover this summer. Quin Snyder, emblematic coach of the Mormons from 2014 to 2022, comes out. The stars, Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, come out, parties respectively in Cleveland and Minnesota. Hi Will Hardy, a young, very young coach, the youngest in the League before Joe Mazzulla took the pans from Ime Udoka in Boston. And hello to tanking, with the same goal as everyone else, Victor Wembanyama.
We could therefore expect a one-way match against the Denver Nuggets. In Colorado, the return of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. after a white season (and nearly white for the second) heralded a welcome resurgence alongside reigning double MVP Nikola Jokić. So we had what we expected: a one-way match, a team that leaves nothing to the other from start to finish. But obviously and you understood it, it is Jazz itself that takes on the role of the executioner in this affair, with strong men who were not necessarily foreseen. Bravo Lauri Markkanen: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, also Rudy Gay and his 16 units, but the one we expected most was there. Collin Sexton gave us a good 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, off the bench pleasealso, we are looking forward to it being owner and 100%.
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And all this gave a big advantage very soon: 37-30 at the end of the first quarter, 75-53 at half-time, game already folded, thank you and good night. It must be said that the Nuggets never really knew how to wake up and seemed to accept this defeat from the start. Aaron Gordon and his double double with 22 points and 10 rebounds, accompanied by Nikola Jokić and his 27 points tried to catch up with his own team in the third quarter. An insufficient effort as the difference in height has been seen this evening. A result that does not question either side, but that will give some comfort to Jazz fans, used to winning and who will have to learn to do the opposite.
Nice victory for Jazz that would almost make us believe that they will win a few games this season. Well, for that, the carrot at the end of the tank shouldn’t have been as beautiful as this year. Come on, let’s say this game will serve as a transition between two eras in Utah.
