From the Nuggets' game against the Jazz.
The Jazz have not been in good shape recently, because Mitchell is absent, 4 wins and 3 losses in the past 7 games, but against the Nuggets, the Jazz still showed their strength as the number one in the league, and after the anxiety of the first three quarters, the Jazz played 29-21 in the fourth quarter, and finally won the Northwest civil war 127-120.
Statistically, the Nuggets scored in double figures, Jokic still played well, 9 of 11 in the game, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 24 points, 9 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals, Porter Jr. was 10 of 19, also had 31 points and 6 rebounds, Millsap had 19 points, and Rivers Jr. on the bench scored 18 points.
On the Jazz side, the team scored in double figures, Andrjan Bogdanovic played a career masterpiece, he shot 16 of 23, 8 of 11 from three-point range, 8 of 8 from the free throw line, had 48 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Gobert had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Clarkson also had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.
It was a very memorable evening for Bojan.
He scored 12 points in the first quarter of 6-of-6, and had 25 points and 6 rebounds at the end of the half, and in the second half, Bojan was still hot, scoring 12 points and 11 points in the two quarters, and finally handed over 48 points and 8 three-pointers, both of which were Bojan's career highs.
Not only that, but Bojan's 48 is the highest regular season score in Jazz history over the past 23 years — the last time the Jazz had someone scored 48 or more was in 1998, when Karl Malone scored 56 points, during which Mitchell scored 50+, but that was in the playoffs.
After the game, both jazz teammates and coaches gave Bojan a high rating:
— Head Coach Snyder: He played great tonight
Nion: I don't even know what words to use to describe his performance
Gobert: When Bojan scored the way he did, he was one of the league's best scorers
Mitchell, who was absent from the game, was even more direct, directly sending a "watering gift" to his teammates after Bojan's interview, and said on social media: "Oh my God, brother, I only ask you to take 35 points, hahaha, continue to cheer, congratulations." ”
I have to say that Bojan is really undervalued.
Before Mitchell's absence, Bojan had played a total of 56 games, averaging 15.4 points per game and shooting 57.2% from the field, which was already quite good considering that Bojan was only a team leader.
In Mitchell's absence, Bojan took over the team's scoring responsibility, playing a total of 11 games, averaging 24.2 points per game, shooting 51.4%/44.2%/90.9% of the "180 club" level and 67.4% of the true shooting rate.
There is no doubt that Bojan is one of the best shooters in the league today, combined with the strength and the Jazz's current record, it is clear that Bojan proved that he was worth the money - in the 2019 offseason, the Jazz only signed Bojan with a four-year, 73 million contract, the average annual salary is even less than 20 million, at that time we said that the Jazz earned, now look at it, it is true.
This year's Jazz may do something big.
An interesting thing is that although the Jazz have been sitting in the league number one position for a long time, when people talk about the playoffs, few people are optimistic about them, and some even compare them to the 2015 Hawks, thinking that they may not even make the Western Conference Finals.
But what we want to say is that the Jazz should never be underestimated, so far this season, their 100-game goal difference (9.2 points) and three-point shooting (16.9) all rank first in the league, and the team also has Mitchell, Gobert, Bojan, Clarkson, Conley and others, which may be the Jazz's best chance to win the championship since 1997 and 1998.