Launched on a perilous “road trip” for ten days now, the Jazz unfortunately suffered a fourth defeat in six games last night. After Brooklyn which made it bite the dust in the big widths (147-114), behind the breathtaking return of Ben Simmons, it was the Knicks of Donte DiVicenzo who played against Utah last night, without much debate either ( 118-103).
If Collin Sexton (22 points) had found form, probably motivated by his defensive duel with Jalen Brunson, he was the only one to survive in a Jazz team which once again sank steeply in the second half. The fatigue of this long journey on the East Coast took its toll.
A “road trip” that ends in blood sausage
“We didn’t play our best basketball but we were in the game until the end”reacted Will Hardy on the Jazz official website. “It's something we have to correct, but it's two games in a row where we have no luck in terms of missed shots. Sometimes the game can help us, that wasn’t the case last night…”
Not varnished like its two best attackers, Lauri Markkanen and Jordan Clarkson, respectively at 14 points (5/14) and 11 points (5/12), the Jazz have above all forgotten their collective identity.
“It’s not about moving away from our identity but about returning to what we know how to do well. We know that we are not the biggest team on the planet, so that gives us certain advantages in other areas. But above all it means that we cannot afford to move physically! »
Finding their collective identity
However, facing Isaiah Hartenstein (14 points, 12 rebounds) last night, or Nic Claxton (11 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks) the day before, the Jazz interior sector failed to respond in the impact, and rebound in particular. For Will Hardy, his players must rediscover sacred union. Particularly under the circle…
“It’s a collective thing and that’s what we’re looking for in my opinion. I have always said that we want to build a team that can win the title. But we are still learning to win matches collectively with this group [en ce moment]. The first step to getting there is to understand what is happening around us and in what situation we find ourselves” explains the coach.
After having made a good comeback, and still in the race for the “play-in” with 24 wins for 25 losses (tied with the Lakers), the Jazz are currently 10th in the West but must get their act together. Under penalty of exposing yourself to a very long, and painful, end of the season (like last year)…
“Our daily approach is that we are a team, and everyone must arrive in the morning to be ready to do their part of the work”already hammered Will Hardy after the setback in Brooklyn in the Salt Lake Tribune. “We can only win matches with our collective strength. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Lauri Markkanen | 39 | 32.5 | 49.1 | 39.6 | 87.7 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 23.5 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 39 | 30.0 | 42.1 | 30.1 | 88.7 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 17.7 |
| Collin Sexton | 49 | 24.3 | 48.3 | 38.0 | 87.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 17.4 |
| John Collins | 45 | 27.6 | 51.3 | 34.6 | 78.1 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 14.1 |
| Keyonte George | 43 | 24.2 | 37.3 | 32.4 | 82.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Talen Horton Tucker | 32 | 21.1 | 41.1 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 10.8 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 47 | 23.1 | 45.1 | 40.1 | 78.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 9.0 |
| Walker Kessler | 41 | 23.3 | 65.4 | 25.0 | 51.5 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 8.4 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 47 | 20.5 | 56.0 | 42.5 | 82.9 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 8.0 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 49 | 19.9 | 43.0 | 32.9 | 75.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| Kris Dunn | 41 | 17.5 | 49.2 | 42.1 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| Taylor Hendricks | 13 | 14.0 | 39.7 | 34.3 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| Omer Yurtseven | 26 | 10.2 | 48.8 | 20.0 | 54.5 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| Luka Samanic | 22 | 6.1 | 38.6 | 23.8 | 82.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Brice Sensabaugh | 4 | 2.9 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Mike Potter | 2 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Johnny Juzang | 1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
