On April 22, Beijing time, the Lone Ranger finally broke the curse of 11 consecutive defeats and won in Salt Lake City for the first time in 2201 days. Brunson scored 24 and 41 points in his previous two games, and he had 31 points and five assists on 12-of-22 shooting. In 3 games, without Doncic, he blasted down 96 points.
Just before the game, lone ranger official Doncic was absent from the third game against the Jazz. Despite this, they are still anti-mate, and the suffocating defense is impressive.
With 3:13 left in the first quarter, the Lone Ranger counter-attacked and Kleber received the ball and hit a three-point shot. Soon, both sides entered a timeout. Importantly, at this point, the Lone Ranger gave the Jazz just 14 points. Mitchell scored just three points on 1-of-5 shooting, while Gobert scored two points.
The Jazz scored just 20 points for the entire first quarter. The Mentality of the Jazz players also changed, in the process of a scramble for rebounds, O'Neal directly pushed Brunson down, the referee did not blow the penalty, Brunson complained that the penalty was a technical foul, and he also went off because of the injury of this ball.
Fortunately, Brunson's health was not serious, and the Lone Rangers won by 10 points in the second quarter of the game, and shot 41 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the first half, they led by as many as 17 points. In the final moments of the half, the Jazz booed at home, and the Lone Rangers did not fight against the three-point shot of 8 of 14 in the half, which shows how bad the Jazz defense is.
For the Jazz, they need Mitchell to be resurrected. Mitchell exploded in the third quarter, with 6-of-8, 3-of-3, and 5-of-5 from the free throw line in the third quarter, with one man scoring 18 points to help the Jazz beat their opponents by 11 points in a single quarter. It is worth mentioning that Schneider's removal of Gobert activated Mitchell, and the Jazz's no-center lineup made the All-Star guard at ease.
However, Brunson continued to be hot. He slammed down 30+ and once again withstood the Jazz counterattack. The Fourth Quarter Lone Rangers have lost their last 11 regular season games in Salt Lake City, and the last time they won here was on April 12, 2016. After 2201 days, the lone ranger finally broke the spell. Brunson continued to play like this, and it was not surprising that he got a contract of 100 million yuan.