After a narrow win at home, the fifth-place Jazz in the West, this game back-to-back rested a little, and ushered in the challenge of the Thunder, who also fought back-to-back and ranked fourteenth in the West during the two-game winning streak.
In terms of the Jazz, Mitchell + Conley and many other main players are absent at the same time, and whether the Jazz team that is disabled in this battle can defend the home team will undoubtedly be caught in a bitter battle.
On the other hand, the Thunder team, although it has entered the state of training, whether the Thunder can continue the winning streak in this campaign has obviously become a major attraction of this game!
However, after four quarters of play, with a wave of 18-4 scoring climax, the Jazz, who played at home, easily suppressed the Thunder in the first half and achieved a huge advantage of 13 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, the third quarter of Bojan + House + Clarkson felt hot, the Jazz took advantage of the chase, in one fell swoop to establish a 21-point lead, which also made the final quarter lose suspense early.
In the end, the Jazz team also defeated the Thunder 137-101 at home, winning 2 consecutive wins and giving the opponent thunder a 36-point defeat!
Playing at home in this game, the Jazz can be described as all soldiers, playing as many as 6 people to score double-doubles, multi-point blossoming team offensive, comprehensively crushing the Thunder at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and winning a 36-point victory.
In the case of Haus + Whiteside + Guy and other main players, each performing their duties, the two main players Bojan + Gobert, and clarkson on the bench play, is particularly critical!
In the game, Bojan exploded, scoring 2 three-pointers on 7-of-11 shooting in the 24 minutes of the game, scoring a game-high 27 points, plus five rebounds.
Among them, in the third quarter, his heroic performance of scoring 11 points in a single quarter not only led the Jazz to quickly open up the point difference, but also laid a solid foundation for the team's big victory!
In addition, as the inner pillar of the team, the play of Gobert in this game also played a crucial leading role!
Gobert was very efficient, shooting 9 shots and 9 shots in the whole game, not to mention, and contributed to the all-around performance of 20 points + 10 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 steal + 2 blocks.
At the same time, after the whole game, Gobert personally has not made a mistake, it can be said that almost single-handedly, dominated the attack and defense of the inner line, and hung the Thunder team!
Of course, the Jazz were able to beat the Thunder in this game, and the performance of Clarkson on the bench was also indispensable.
Clarkson was in full swing in this game, playing 27 minutes off the bench, shooting 7 from the middle of the line on 11 shots and hitting 4 three-pointers, and delivering a double-double performance of 18 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists.
Rationally speaking, in the absence of Mitchell + Conley at the same time, Clarkson was in danger of being ordered to not only gain on the offensive end, but also in the organizational end, successfully tandem and revitalized the Jazz's entire team's offense!
More importantly, after winning two consecutive wins over the Thunder in this game, the Jazz's regular season record has improved to 48 wins and 32 losses.
From the current situation, through this battle, the Jazz team has also successfully thrown off the Nuggets, who rank sixth in the West, in terms of the winning gap, and temporarily stabilized the current fifth position in the West, which can be said to be a double happiness!
On the other hand, on the side of the Thunder, although the team is tenacious enough in this game, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the attack and defense, and finally swallowed the 36-point rout of the game performance, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, although Helder + Robbie + Earl played well, in the face of the huge gap in the strength and depth of the lineup, the Thunder players who worked hard for a whole game but did not return seemed to have no choice but to accept the reality of the fiasco.