After two consecutive defeats at home, the Portland Trail Blazers revived and ushered in a challenge from the Jazz during their four-game winning streak.
In terms of the Blazers, whether the team can defend the home field, Lillard + Powell as the team's two sharp guns, this game obviously needs to play.
On the other hand, on the Jazz side, Mitchell hung up the exemption card, and the Jazz team, which lacked the "main heart bone", could take advantage of the victory to chase and win 5 consecutive wins, which undoubtedly faced a huge challenge!
Fortunately, after four quarters of play, with a wave of perfect start 14-2, the anti-away Jazz team took the lead in the first half, overpowering the Blazers and achieving a double-digit lead.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Clarkson + Whiteside in the third quarter continued to attack the inside line, leading the Jazz to become more and more courageous, and continued to widen the score gap on the court.
And the Blazers, who saw no hope of chasing points in the last quarter, also surrendered early, and finally the Jazz team, which was finally a drumbeat, also won the Blazers 120-105 on the road, which was worth the trip to win 5 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the Blazers 3 consecutive losses!
In this game, although mitchell's core is missing, the Jazz did not mess up, but played a team performance with 6 people scoring in double figures and blossoming more points.
In the case of bojan + Conley + Clarkson + Guy and other main players, continuing to perform steadily, the play of the two major interior lines Gobert + Whiteside is particularly critical!
In this game, Gobert ushered in an outbreak, starting 27 minutes, shooting 8 of 10 shots to reach 80%, not to mention, but also bombed the team's high of 22 points, plus 14 rebounds and 2 blocks of double-double performance, and there was no personal error.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 10 points in 6 minutes in the last quarter not only helped the Jazz to maintain the score advantage, but also almost single-handedly disrupted the opponent's defensive rhythm and dominated the offensive and defensive ends of the inside line of the game!
In addition, as a tower on the team bench, Whiteside's performance in this game is also indispensable.
Whiteside was very efficient, coming off the bench for 17 minutes and easily scoring 15 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block on 6-of-9 shooting.
Facing the lack of Nurkic, and the overall lineup height is insufficient, Whiteside can be described as playing its own advantage, once became a difficult existence for the Blazers team!
More importantly, after winning five straight games against the Trail Blazers in this game, the Jazz's current regular season record is only two wins away from the Suns, who are ranked second in the West.
And with the current momentum of the Jazz, in the next schedule, the Jazz do have a great chance to launch an impact on the top 2 in the West!
On the other hand, on the Blazers side, the team's internal line was completely crushed in this game, and the final performance of the game of 15 points rout + 3 consecutive losses obviously needs to be examined.
After all, Lillard played well, shooting 5 three-pointers, cutting 32 points + 6 rebounds + 4 assists + 1 steal, and the good partner Powell scored a 32 + 2 + 1 + 1 excellent performance.
Facing the Jazz team with two major interior gobert + Whiteside, the Blazers, who lack nurkic's internal pillar and rely only on Nance Jr. to support the situation, seem to have no choice but to drink and hate!
Rationally speaking, considering the Blazers' next not easy schedule, it has to be said that the Blazers, who lack major generals in the No. 5 position on the inside line, will obviously face no small test.
In this regard, after the team swallowed 3 consecutive defeats, many Blazers fans also said after the game: Nurkic is coming back to help Lillard + Powell!