Utah Jazz ahead Bojan Bogdanovic (44) drives on Los Angeles Lakers ahead Trevor Ariza (1) as Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers play an NBA basketball recreation at Vivint Enviornment in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Mengshin Lin, Deseret Information
The Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 122-109 on Thursday night time at Vivint Enviornment, snapping a five-game shedding streak.
Excessive notes
- Bojan Bogdanovic and Danuel Home Jr. returned to the lineup for the Jazz, to extensive open, welcoming arms. Bogdanovic had a little bit of a quiet night time in his return from lacking 9 straight video games, however nobody goes to be involved about him. Bogdanovic is aware of learn how to get again right into a rhythm. Home made up for the truth that Bogey was slightly off. Home was nice and did precisely what the Jazz wanted him to do. He defended properly, denied passes, received his hand into lanes for steals and deflections and made nice passing decisions. If something, he may afford to be slightly extra aggressive along with his personal capturing, however he’s nonetheless getting snug in his position. He simply suits into house during which the Jazz had been missing and he’s nice at what he does.
Greater than what the 2 had been in a position to produce on Thursday night time is that they're again on the courtroom and with simply 5 video games left to play, the Jazz want them.
- The Jazz’s ball motion was actually spectacular in opposition to the Lakers. All the things must be taken with a grain of salt in opposition to a Lakers group lacking LeBron James and Anthony Davis, however it was simply good to see the Jazz play with nice motion all through the course of the sport, not simply within the first half or once they had a snug lead. They stayed fairly regular for essentially the most half, even when the Lakers had been threatening to return again.
- The identical might be stated for the Jazz working and pushing the ball. It’s been some time since I watched a recreation and felt just like the Jazz had been making a very concerted effort to push the ball and get transition factors. A few of that comes from the protection but in addition the Jazz had been pushing the ball after makes and they're nice within the open courtroom and capturing transition 3s.
“I believe that is the most effective we’ve run shortly. Collectively.” — Jazz head coach Quin Snyder - Preventing for rebounds and being robust issues, and the Jazz are good once they present their energy.
- Fascinating alternative for Quin Snyder to not play Rudy Homosexual in any respect on this one and as an alternative play Juancho Hernangomez, who has been a very nice shock for the Jazz. I doubt that this implies Homosexual has misplaced his spot within the rotation to Hernangomez and I think it’s extra about relaxation and preparation, however it definitely doesn’t harm for the teaching workers to get some extra time to take a look at Hernangomez and see what they will get out of him, and the extra they see out of him the extra they may understand that there are conditions during which he may very well be extra of a assist.
“Rudy and I talked this morning. He got here right here as a result of he needs to win. He understands that there’s going to be there’s quite a lot of conditions — I can checklist them off for you — the place I believe he offers us the next ceiling ... Some nights, guys are going to play greater than others due to matchups and all these sorts of issues. That’s one thing for our complete group to hold on to, and whoever’s on the market to assist one another.” — Snyder
Low notes
- Makes for an attention-grabbing viewing expertise watching an injured Anthony Davis on the sideline in road garments whereas Dwight Howard performs necessary and impactful minutes. On the TNT broadcast, Stan Van Gundy, who coached Howard in Orlando, famous that Howard is more likely to find yourself with the higher profession when all is claimed and completed. Davis not with the ability to get wherever substantial in New Orleans after which being harm so usually throughout his time in Los Angeles doesn’t make his case excellent. Sure, he received a title and has been sensible when he isn’t harm, however it’s simpler to recollect the occasions he hasn’t performed than people who he has performed and that’s not nice for the historical past books.
- The Jazz had been fouling so much early on and so usually they weren’t sensible fouls. Simply want to wash up a few of that ticky-tack pointless stuff.
- This was the Lakers and it was a shorthanded Lakers group so there’s not a ton of delight to be taken from successful this one, however the Jazz simply wanted to get one to interrupt the skid and that’ll just do high-quality.
Flat notes
- Forward of the sport the Jazz introduced that Hassan Whiteside, who has been sidelined due to what has been referred to as a foot sprain, had been recognized with a “minor bone spur fracture. He can proceed, as tolerated.” What that basically means is that Whiteside has a bone spur that's anticipated to heal by itself and he can play as long as the ache isn’t an excessive amount of for him. However he didn’t play on Thursday, so ...