On January 9, Beijing time, the Jazz played away to the Pacers, and the Jazz lost to the Pacers 113-125 at the end of the game. The Jazz lost the last game, and now this game Mitchell and Conley are playing, so the Jazz definitely want to avoid a losing streak. It's just that the Pacers are in good offensive shape in this game, they once occupied a big lead in the game, and although the jazz in distress set off a counterattack in the second half of the game, the Pacers side was always able to stabilize the situation and take the lead, and finally the Jazz lost to the Pacers.
In the first quarter, the two teams came and went, and the play of Mitchell and others helped the Jazz take the lead, but in the following game, Sabonis and Stephenson began to play, so that the Pacers completed the counterattack, and then the two teams played separately, and the Pacers led by 6 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Sabonis continued to lead the team to extend the lead, while the Jazz's offensive status was sluggish, and the Pacers also led to double digits, although Mitchell scored to stop the bleeding, but the Pacers maintained the lead under Stephenson and Duarte, and the Jazz trailed by 9 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, Conley helped the team to chase the score, and mitchell and others played to help the Jazz chase 1 point, but in the following game, Stephenson helped the team stabilize the situation, coupled with Sabonis's play, the Pacers led by 4 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Jazz tried to fight back, but the Pacers led to 12 points after Stephenson and Holliday played, and Mitchell led the team to chase points, but the Pacers managed to beat the Jazz after Sabonis' response.
It's a shame that the Jazz lost this game, after all, in this game, the Jazz did not see the opportunity to reverse, but it was a pity that the Jazz's poor performance in the fourth quarter made the opponent open the score, and in this game, Mitchell also tried his best, but the Jazz still lost the game, and Mitchell got 36 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists at the end of the game. Among the other Jazz players, Conley had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Bojan had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, Clarkson had 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Gay had 7 points and 5 rebounds. Speaking about the loss after the game, Mitchell said: "For us, in order to get to the position we want to reach, we have to work hard every round, we didn't do it today, I think it bothers us.
Now Mitchell is also outspoken, speaking out about jazz problems, and for the jazz they need to correct these problems in the next game. On the other hand, Sabonis is really powerful in this game, if it is not his big explosion in the game, then the team may be difficult to win the game, the end of the game is Sabonis 18 of 22 to get 42 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, such a score also set a new career high. Among the other Pacers players, Turner had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Washington had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and Duarte had 9 points and 3 rebounds.
In this game, the Lakers abandoned Stevenson still continued the explosive performance of the previous game, and his performance in the game was still very important for the Pacers, and finally Stevenson got 16 points, 6 rebounds and 14 assists on 7 of 12, of which 14 assists were Stevenson's career highs, and 4 steals also tied his career record. It can be said that when seeing Stephenson have such a performance, it is really time for the Pacers to keep him, after all, Stephenson proved that he can play well in the Pacers, and he can also help the Pacers.