Jazz vs. Trail Blazers
After losing to the Spurs and Wizards, the Utah Jazz won another 4 consecutive wins, and although Mitchell could not play because of isolation, the Jazz's footsteps were still unstoppable, and they even took revenge on the Spurs. The Jazz, who have been soaring all the way, will travel to Portland to challenge the Blazers. Lillard's form is really good, but the Blazers are constantly losing, and the team's 7-man isolation, especially Nurkic's absence, has made the team's already weak interior line disappear.
Gobert has always been an underrated interior, and in this game, against the Blazers without an interior, Gobert is absolutely unstoppable. However, it is not so easy to win the game just by relying on Gobert. Both Conley and Clarkson must step up and play Against Lillard on the offensive end to help the Jazz secure victory.
Two fists are hard to beat four hands
Lillard had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, Powell had 12 points and 1 rebound, the Blazers' starting backcourt combination basically covered all of the team's offense, the Blazers scored 27 points in a single quarter, while the Jazz were multi-point blossoming, Bodanovic had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, the bench had 14 points, and the team easily bombed 36 points. After returning from the second quarter, the Blazers can rely on Lillard and Powell, who continued the fiery feel of the first quarter.
After scoring 12 points in the first quarter, Powell scored another 13 points in the second quarter, such a fiery offensive feel, leading the Blazers to shoot 32 points in a single quarter, but Gay on the Jazz bench, with 9 points and 1 rebound on 4-of-5 shooting, helped the team extend the lead to 10 points. In the second half, Lillard had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in the single quarter, and once led the team to narrow the point difference to single digits, but Clarkson teamed up with Whiteside to widen the point difference to 14 points, and there was only one section left in the game.
The last quarter that determines the outcome of the game is still Lillard and Powell, struggling to support the team's offense, playing 6 minutes, the team only scored 7 points, all from Lillard and Powell, the Jazz extended the lead to 20 points, and the game can be described as a complete loss of suspense. Although Powell and Nance Jr. did not give up, in the end, the Utah Jazz still beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-105 and successfully won five consecutive wins.
Lillard's helper
The Portland Trail Blazers lost games and suffered three consecutive losses, and the playoffs have become a distant topic for them, but in this game, Lillard bombed 32 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and his personal performance was impeccable, and Powell also had 32 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. In addition to this, there is another person who deserves praise, and that is Nance Jr. In Nurkic's absence, Nance Jr. started with 14 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, as well as not a single turnover.
Looking at Nance Jr.'s stats, do you have another player in mind? That's right, it's the Warriors' dream of Green. The Trail Blazers traded Nance Jr. in order to give Lillard a good partner, and now it seems that Nance Jr. is trying to progress in this direction.
However, the Utah Jazz are too strong, even if Mitchell is absent, they still have 6 people to score in double figures, while the Blazers only have 3. Gobert had 22 points and 14 rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting, Conley 15 points and 6 assists, Bogdanovic 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Clarkson 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Whiteside 15 points and 11 rebounds, Gay finally found his form, shooting 8-of-13 from 13 and 3-of-7 from three-point range for 21 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. The bench of this Jazz team is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!