The script was written for a celebration at FedExForum on Friday night. Ja Morant was back in the lineup after a ten-game absence, the crowd was buzzing, and the Grizzlies were looking to capitalize on the momentum of their young core.
Keyonte George scored a career-high 39 points, Lauri Markkanen added 26 and Kevin Love had a season-best 20 to lead the visiting Utah Jazz to a 130-126 victory Friday over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Kevin Love doesn't play a lot of minutes for the Utah Jazz. Friday, the 37-year-old turned back the block and reminded the world he's an NBA champion and Hall of Famer.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
It looks like Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will be back in the lineup to face the Utah Jazz for his first time on the floor in over three weeks. According to the Grizzlies' latest injury report update, Morant has been upgraded from questionable to probable to play against the Jazz.
With the unofficial opening of NBA trade season right around the corner on December 15th, it's as good a time as ever to open the discussion of which players might be on the move over the coming weeks as trade buzz and deals start getting louder across the league.
It looks like the Detroit Pistons might not be looking to make a blockbuster trade this season amid their recent surge up the Eastern Conference, which puts a bit of a damper on any discussions centering around the Utah Jazz and Lauri Markkanen despite lingering buzz.
The Utah Jazz, through the ups and downs of another rebuilding season, have wound up seeing some major bright spots out of their third-year guard Keyonte George.
The Utah Jazz, while coming up short in their latest 101-131 blowout loss to the OKC Thunder, were able to see some good things out of second-year big man Kyle Filipowski.
In the midst of the Utah Jazz's latest blowout loss to the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder, two players down the rotation saw their playing time cut unusually short compared to their typical minutes out on the floor.
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It looks like Utah Jazz fifth-overall pick Ace Bailey has dropped a couple of spots in the official NBA rookie ladder. Per Steve Aschburner's Kia Rookie Ladder via NBA.com, Bailey wound up falling from ranked number seven to nine amongst this year's rookie class, as Dallas Mavericks' top pick Cooper Flagg found his way atop the list.
Looking around on Utah Jazz Twitter, some fans are seeing a very small group of Jazz nation and other NBA fans always getting after point guard Keyonte George.
Jazz coach Will Hardy appeared to reach a breaking point during Sunday’s 131-101 home loss to the Thunder, a game Oklahoma City won easily despite missing MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy lost his cool during a timeout in the team’s latest loss, and a fan captured the outburst on video. The Jazz fell to 8-15 on Sunday with a 131-101 home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Bailey is a prominent figure in Utah's youth movement. At 19 years old and 6-foot-9 tall, the Jazz's No. 5 overall pick has quickly grabbed attention, not only from fans eager to see the future, but from a veteran who understands that kind of spotlight all too well.
Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy lost his patience with his players during a timeout on Sunday. Hardy could be heard berating his players during Utah’s 131-101 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Ut.
The Utah Jazz are still in the process of figuring out their long-term closer, which is understandable for a rebuilding team The absence of a go-to option in the clutch signals something bigger than a single missed shot — it points to uncertainty about the team’s identity and how it chooses to finish games.
Many around the league are starting to believe the Jazz have made up their minds on Lauri Markkanen, and it is not in the direction rival teams were hoping for.