Gobert is absent
Who would have thought that the Utah Jazz, who is third in the West, actually suffered three consecutive losses, losing to the Raptors and Pacers and the Pistons, two of the bottom teams in the East. The Jazz, who did not have Gobert, seemed a little weak, but fortunately, in this game, they returned to the home court, but the opponents waiting for them were also very strong, that is, the Cleveland Cavaliers in the sixth East. This season's Cavaliers, but not the fish belly team, Sexton and Rubio in the case of consecutive seasons of reimbursement, Rondo's arrival gave the team a booster.
The Cavaliers, who are second in the league in terms of points conceded per game, are a team that excels at defense and inside. Originally, if Gobert was there, it was difficult for the Cavaliers to act on the inside, but this game was undoubtedly a godsend, depending on whether the Cavaliers could seize it.
The game is one-sided
Without Gobert, the Jazz could only rely on offense to win the game, but unfortunately, Mitchell only had 6 points on 3-of-6 shooting in the first quarter, Clarkson on the bench had 7 points and 1 rebound, the Jazz only scored 24 points in the first quarter, and the Cavaliers easily bombed 27 points, including Mobley with 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-3 shooting. After returning from the second quarter, Pascal on the Jazz bench broke out again, shooting 5-of-5, shooting 2-of-2 from three-point range, and having 12 points and 1 rebound in a single quarter, but even so, the point difference was still widening.
Garland sent five assists in the second quarter to tie the team well, with Love and Osman on the bench combining to score 11 points, and the Cavaliers scoring 31 points in the quarter, already leading by six points at the end of the half. In the second half, Stevens came up with 13 points and 4 rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting, taking all the Points from the beginning of the cavaliers' quarter and helping the team extend its lead to 13 points. The Jazz didn't respond, and by the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers had extended their lead to 20 points.
With a huge score difference of 20 points, the last quarter can be said to have completely lost suspense. After Conley and Mitchell led the team for a while, there was no sign of narrowing the point difference, so the Jazz announced that they had conceded defeat and replaced all the main players. In the end, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Utah Jazz 111-91 and successfully gave their opponents four consecutive defeats.
The West is also in chaos
The Jazz lost four in a row, the Grizzlies won ten in a row, so that the third place in the West was taken away by the Grizzlies, which had to be lamented, and the West was also going to be chaotic. The Jazz, without Gobert, suffered four consecutive defeats, but Gobert proved himself, once again telling everyone how much he helped this team, and the two-hundred-million contract is indeed worthy of the name. Mitchell had only 17 points, five rebounds and four assists on 6-of-16 shooting, Conley had 12 points, two rebounds and one assist, and Ingles shot 1-of-5 and played 13 minutes before being expelled.
But Clarkson and Pascal on the Jazz bench were brilliant. Clarkson had 22 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Pascal had 18 points and 7 rebounds on 8-of-11 shooting, but he couldn't stop the Cavaliers from scoring in double figures and 60 points on the inside, and the Jazz only scored 36 points on the inside line. Stevens had a triple-double of 23 points, 7 rebounds, Markkanen 20 points and 6 rebounds, Garland 11 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists, Love also had 16 points and 7 rebounds, Mobley 15 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, and was very efficient on 7-of-9 shooting.