The Jazz narrowly beat the Lone Rangers 100-99 at home today, rewriting the big score to 2-2, and the two sides returned to the same running line, but the Lone Rangers still have home advantage.
In today's game, Doncic made a comeback and hit a crucial three-pointer with 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter to widen the point difference to four points. But then Mitchell first played 2+1, and Powell missed two free throws, the Lone Ranger only led by 1 point, Mitchell encountered a bag clip to pass to Gobert, completed the empty dunk, the score was reversed, Dinwiddie's final shot missed, and the Jazz completed the quasi-kill.
It is worth mentioning that the Jazz became the fifth team in the league to fall behind by at least 4 points in the last 40 seconds of the game but finally win, the first four teams are the Blazers in 2019 (against the Nuggets), the Warriors in 2015 (against the Pelicans), the Thunder in 2014 (against the Clippers), the Heat in 2013 (against the Spurs), and the total record of the trailing side in this situation is 5 wins and 701 losses, such a small probability event was unfortunately encountered by the Lone Ranger today.
After missing the first three games, Doncic came back, playing 33 minutes, shooting 11 of 21, including 4 of 10 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, 30 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. It is indeed more or less embarrassing that Doncic loses as soon as he comes back, but losing has little to do with Doncic.
Doncic did not play the superstar performance of Brunson still performed well today, playing 35 minutes, shooting 7 of 18, with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Powell played 23 minutes today, shot 3 of 3, 5 of 8 from the free throws, got 11 points and 7 rebounds, but unfortunately he missed two free throws in the last minute, giving the Jazz a chance to kill, if two free throws and one shot, there is also a chance to play overtime.
The Jazz were also ready, mitchell played 38 minutes, shooting 7-of-21 from the field, with 23 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Although the shooting rate was not high, Mitchell shot 5-of-10 in the first half, scoring 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists to help the Jazz take a 12-point lead in the first half.
It is worth mentioning that in the first three games, Mitchell averaged 23.7 points per game in the second half, the most in the league, but he only scored 6 points in the second half today. However, in the last minute, Mitchell played a key 2+1 in the case of the team trailing by 4 points, helping the Jazz narrow the point difference to 1 point, and finally assisting Gobert to complete the air-catching and accurate kill, which was still indispensable.
Gobert was also the hero of today's win, playing 32 minutes, shooting 4 of 8, 9 of 18 from the free throws, having 17 points and 15 rebounds, receiving Mitchell's pass in the last 11 seconds, completing the air-connected dunk, helping the Jazz to win, equalizing the big score and avoiding falling behind 1-3.
Clarkson played 36 minutes today and shot 9-of-16, including 3-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-5 from the free throw line, for 25 points and four rebounds.