After the All-Star Game, the Portland Trail Blazers also played a lot of beautiful wins with the help of Hart. But as the regular season schedule deepened, the Blazers eventually showed their feet and could only become the team that was bullied. In the past 5 games, they have not only lost to the Warriors, Nuggets and Suns, but even suffered a double kill by the Timberwolves. The record has not improved at all, and it has gradually drifted away from the playoff stage. And this game, the Blazers away to the Utah Jazz, they also became the bully side again.
At the beginning of the game, the Jazz, who played at home, quickly entered the form and got the initiative to take the lead. Mitchell delivered 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter, Bojan also had 7 points and 2 rebounds, and starting center Gobert, who handed over 5 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. With the three of them in a row, the Jazz played a 33-15 score to take an 18-point lead. Entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Jazz team that played in form can also follow the trend and further widen the point difference between the two teams.
Mitchell continued to make a threat, and in the single quarter, with an efficient shooting rate of 4 shots and 3 shots, he sent 8 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Bojan, who handed over 6 points and 2 assists, once again played a 30-20 score. By the end of the first half, the Jazz were already ahead of the Trail Blazers by a crucial 28 points. Judging from this situation, it is inevitable for the Jazz to win the game. And YiBian fought again, and things developed very smoothly. Bojan sent a crucial 14 pointers on 4-of-5 three-pointers in the third quarter to lead the team to a 33-14 score and extend a 19-point lead.
By the time they reached the crucial final quarter of the showdown, the gap between the two sides had widened to 47 points, and there was no suspense in the game. In the fourth quarter of the regular showdown, the head coaches of the two teams tacitly sent out rotation players to consume the remaining garbage time. With the extraordinary performance of the team's bench players, the Blazers also played 36-27 not you, recovering the previous 9 points. In the end, the regular time of the fourth quarter was completed, and the Jazz completed a 38-point victory with a 123-85 score.
It is worth affirming that before the starters clocked in for three quarters, the difference between the two sides was once extended to 47 points, which is still relatively humiliating for the Blazers. However, we must also admit that today's Blazers are no longer as brilliant as they once were. Team star Lillard is still injured, and second-in-command McCollum has also been sent to the New Orleans Pelicans. There is no proud two-gun combination, and with only the role players in the team, the Blazers are not to blame for being bullied.
However, in this game, the Blazers still have the final fig leaf on the bench: Roosevelt Watford, who played 29 minutes in a single game, also sent 22 points and 3 rebounds, playing the momentum of scoring miracles. And seeing the Jazz side that achieved a big victory at home, the star Mitchell was willing to be a supporting role, sending 16+4+6 data in a single game, while Bojan got the highest score of 27 points and 4 rebounds and 2 assists with 6 of 9 three-pointers.