The Utah Jazz is an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz competes in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league’s Western Conference, the Northwest division. Since 1991, the team has played its home games at the Vivint Arena. Today we will discuss about Utah Jazz: Score tonight| Game| Numbers| Highlights.
Utah Jazz: Score tonight| Game| Numbers| Highlights
The franchise began playing as an expansion team in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz (as a tribute to New Orleans’ history of the origins of jazz music). Jazz moved to Salt Lake City in 1979. The Jazz was one of the least successful teams in the league in its early years. Although 10 seasons passed before the Jazz qualified for their first playoff appearance in 1984, they did not miss the playoffs again until 2004.
Utah Jazz | |
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2021–22 Utah Jazz season | |
Conference | Western |
Division | Northwest |
Founded | 1974 |
History | New Orleans Jazz 1974–1979 Utah Jazz 1979–present |
Arena | Vivint Arena |
Location | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Team colors | Navy blue, gold, green |
Main sponsor | Qualtrics |
President | Jim Olson |
General manager | Justin Zanik |
Head coach | Quin Snyder |
Ownership | Ryan Smith |
Affiliation(s) | Salt Lake City Stars |
Score tonight
Mitchell and Connelly leads the Jazz 132-127 for the win over the Rockets. Donovan Mitchell had 37 points and Mike Connelly scored nine points in overtime to help the Utah Jazz outlast the Houston Rockets 132-127 on Wednesday night. Rudy Gobert had 27 points and 17 rebounds as the Jazz secured their third and ninth consecutive win in the last 10 games.
Jalen Greene scored 27 for the Rockets and Christian Wood had 24 points and 10 rebounds as his skid stretched to 11 games. The Rockets were up four points after making four free throws to start overtime before Mitchell had a three-point game, followed by a 3-pointer to put Utah at 123–121 with three minutes remaining.
Game
“Coach Stephen Silas said, “There’s a lot of fighting and a lot of character and a lot of patience in this team, and we are learning. It’s unfortunate that we lost the game, but it’s really the only unfortunate part of tonight.”
The Jazz took a six-point lead with almost three minutes to go before Houston used a 6–1 run, with Wood’s first five points, to take a 113–112 lead with almost a minute to spare. Porter made one of two free throws after Wood was worked. Mitchell then made 1 of 2 free throws after Porter went into the lane to tie with 34.1 seconds to go.
Numbers
Both Stockton and Malone moved in in 2003. After missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, the Jazz returned to prominence under the on-court leadership of point guard Daron Williams. However, during the 2010–11 season, the Jazz began restructuring following Sloan’s retirement and Williams’ trade to the New Jersey Nets. Quinn Snyder was appointed as head coach in June 2014. With the development of Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell into All-Stars, the Jazz launched themselves back into title contention, eventually earning the league’s best regular season record in the 2020–21 season.
Highlights
The Utah Jazz is allowing an average of 113.8 points on 47.4 percent shooting and 107 points on 45.2 percent shooting. Donovan Mitchell averages 25.9 points and 5.2 assists, while Bojan Bogdanovic averages 17.7 points and 4.3 rebounds. Rudy Gobert is the third double-digit scorer and Jordan Clarkson is with 2.4 assists. The Utah Jazz is shooting 36.3 percent beyond the arc and 78.1 percent from the free throw line. The Utah Jazz is allowing 34.5 percent shooting from the deep and grabbing 46 rebounds per game.
The Jazz are 3-7-1 ATS in their last 11 road games and 6-2 ATS on aggregate in their last 8 games. The Rockets are 16–43 ATS in their last 59 home games and 8–22 ATS in their last 30 games overall. It’s a 4-1 over in the Jazz’s last 5 road games. Overall the 27-12-1 rockets have a total of 40. The Jazz are 4-0 ATS in Houston in their last 4 meetings.