Thunder 7-man season reimbursement
The Utah Jazz finally got a hearty victory, beating the Second Grizzlies in the West in overtime, a victory that is undoubtedly a great morale boost for the Jazz today. Even so, the Jazz are still in fifth place in the West, with the Nuggets behind them only 0.5 wins behind them. For the Jazz, what they want most is to stay where they are, so winning is undoubtedly the main goal. In this game, the Jazz are still at home, ushering in the challenge of the Oklahoma Thunder.
The Thunder are the second-to-last team in the West, with as many as 7 announcing season reimbursements, in other words, not wanting to play. But who would have thought that such a Thunder team would win 2 consecutive wins, beating the Suns and Blazers in succession. Although in that game, the Suns were Paul's single core team, but the strength should not be underestimated.
Mitchell Conley is out
The Jazz also took a break from Mitchell and Conley, and it's clear that they're confident of winning this game. At the beginning of the first quarter, the Jazz showed strong offensive firepower, Bogdanovic bombed 12 points and 2 rebounds, Gobert also had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-4 shooting, Clarkson on the bench had 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, the team scored 41 points in a single quarter, although the Thunder also scored 31 points, but the point difference came to double digits. After returning from the second quarter, the Jazz's offense continued, with Clarkson scoring seven points and four assists, and Gay having five points, two rebounds and one assist.
With the excellent performance of the bench, the Jazz scored another 30 points in the second quarter, while the Thunder were 27 points, including 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. At the end of the half, the Jazz led the Thunder by 13 points, 71-58. In the second half, the Thunder still had 27 points in a single quarter, while the Jazz side exploded for 35 points, Bogdanovic scored 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting, and Whiteside also had 6 points and 6 rebounds. By the end of the third quarter, the Jazz's lead had reached 21 points, and the game had largely lost its suspense.
After returning from the last quarter, the Jazz started with another 10-2 small climax, which directly made the game completely lose suspense. The Jazz's bench is indeed fierce, still constantly expanding the lead, and the Thunder side, although it is the starting player on the court, but there is no way, the point difference once came to 37 points. Minutes and seconds passed, accompanied by the final whistle, and finally the Utah Jazz won 137-101 at home to the Oklahoma Thunder.
Gobert proved himself
In this game, Mitchell was absent, and Gobert finally proved himself, shooting 9 of 9, bombing 20 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks, plus or minus +33 for the first place in the team. I have to say that although Gobert does not have many offensive moves, but the physical talent is there, as long as he is fed the ball, then the offensive efficiency will not be low, unfortunately, Mitchell believes too much in his offensive ability. Bogdanovic also had 27 points and five rebounds, Clarkson had 18 points and 10 assists, Whiteside had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Gay had 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
The Jazz scored in double figures and grabbed 55 rebounds, 23 more than the Thunder, which is undoubtedly the key to their winning game. The Thunder also had five players in double figures, Holder had 23 points, five rebounds and three assists, Robbie 18 points, five rebounds and five assists, Kalezesky had 11 points, two rebounds and two steals, Earl on the bench had 18 points and two rebounds, and Waters had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Although it was a fiasco, the Thunder still showed talent, shooting 16 three-pointers across the team, but the inside rebound protection was really bad.