The Triple Team: Jordan Clarkson, Lauri Markkanen and Mike Conley deliver as the UtahJazz beat New Orleans again. TakeNote
New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum and Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen battle for position under the boards during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 132-129 win over the New Orleans Pelicans from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.Three minutes left, Jazz are down five, and look pretty likely to lose this game.
I’m going to start here with Mike Conley’s impact on this game. After Nickeil Alexander-Walker had turned the game around with his defensive effort at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Jazz’s offense had significantly stalled. Then, Conley comes in and:• Assists Jordan Clarkson on a game-tying three• Makes two free throws — and it turned out the Jazz needed both
Putting Conley in “unlocks” Markkanen to some degree, I think. The biggest play he made was this one, when Clarkson loses the ball in the backcourt, but Conley runs around to give him an option, immediately drives to take advantage, and finds Markkanen open. Other than that play, the thing that the Jazz did consistently on offense was tried to attack Zion Williamson. There’s no doubt that Williamson has significantly improved on the defensive end, but down the stretch, the Jazz got a good amount of points by forcing a switch, then having Conley or Clarkson attack.But finding mismatches and attacking them quickly was the kind of stuff that the Jazz weren’t doing with Collin Sexton, Talen Horton-Tucker, or Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
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