Salt Lake Tribune beat writer andyblarsen gives three thoughts on the UtahJazz’s 115-110 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, second from front right, blocks a shot by Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun, front right, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in Denver.Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 115-110 loss to the Denver Nuggets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.Coming into tonight, you wouldn’t have expected the Jazz to be competitive. As the injury report grew, the Vegas lineThat makes sense.
This is a pretty standard pick and roll, with a pretend screen from Rudy Gay at the beginning. But Talen Horton-Tucker comes off the Walker Kessler screen, DeAndre Jordan rotates without bothering the pass, and he has the dumpoff pass to a rolling Kessler. Heck, THT could have also passed to Ochai Agbaji — he’s open too.
Hopefully you see the connecting theme here: the Nuggets were a cornucopia of defensive mistakes, and the Jazz took advantage really well. I think that has been part of the Jazz’s success this year, that teams are underestimating them and not playing their best games — while the Jazz just stay steady in their system. We certainly saw that tonight.The Jazz will have to make a decision on Nickeil Alexander-Walker this summer. He’ll be a restricted free agent after finishing his rookie contract.
Third, the open shooting is working at a much higher level. When defenders were at least six feet away last season — so pretty wide-open shots — he only made 35% of threes. This year, he’s shooting 57% in those same situations. I don’t expect him to beBut I truthfully don’t see anyone working harder on their shot day in and day out harder than NAW. He isgetting extra shots up, at the end of essentially every shootaround, practice, and pregame warmup I get to witness.
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