From The Salt Lake Tribune describing last night's Jazz win over Houston, picking it up in the third quarter after the Jazz let a huge lead dwindle to five points:
Ricky Rubio got a step on his man and converted a layup at the rim. On Houston’s ensuing possession, Utah played the Harden-Capela two-man set perfectly through every action, forcing a shot-clock violation.
Mitchell and Gobert then ran their own two-man scheme, which culminated in an alley-oop. Then Gobert got his hands in the passing lane for a steal, grabbed an offensive rebound, made it to the free-throw line.
And just like that, the threat was over, and the home fans were streaming for the exits.
“I just wanna win,” said Gobert, whose 12 points and 13 rebounds gave him his 138th double-double — fifth-most in team history. “In those moments when you’re up 10, nine, and there’s two minutes left, you have to make those plays to seal the game. That’s what we were able to do tonight.”Yes Cliff Paul was cleaning off his spit and Beard came up lame with a hammy, but Donovan "sophomore slump over" Mitchell caught fire and these same Jazz AAAAALMOST beat the Warriors a few days ago, narrowly avoiding victory by allowing a last-second tip-in. So we have our work cut out for us. Now, before the season started this was probably a penciled-in "W" for the purpngold squad, but after the 0-3 dysfunction, we can't feel 100% sure about handling this Jazz team - that we may have to battle for an 8th seed
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:09 pm
. Anyway tonight, the 4-0 Nuggets come to LA to face the 1-3 Lakers. Should be a tough test for the Lakers, the Nuggets are Good and have Great Chemistry. This would be a real solid win if the Lakers can win this one.
. He and Chuck Nevitt.
