Game Thread Jan 31, 2021 1:30PM MT: Jazz at Nuggets

[Game Threads]

Utah Jazz Game Day

Ball Arena, Denver, CO
Jan 31, 2021 01:30PM MT

 

[Getting Traded]

Any status update on Mitchell and Favors?

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Any status update on Mitchell and Favors?

Jazz Guard Donovan Mitchell Listed As ‘Questionable’ For Utah’s Game Against Nuggets

The Utah Jazz listed four-year guard Donovan Mitchell as “Questionable” for the team’s upcoming game against the Denver Nuggets.

kslsports.com

Best I can find.

 

[NAOS]

Michael Porter Jr has been red hot from 3 lately. He’s been coming off the bench since his return.

 

[LogGrad98]

Imo they need to keep both favors and Mitchell out until they are fully ready. Yeah adding to the win streak is fun but right now we are playing well and winning, no reason to panic and rush any of them back before they are ready. Besides the way we have been playing, Denver is already walking into a buzz saw.

 

[Rubashov]

****ing matinee game, gotta get my useless arse out of bed at 8am, arseholes.

 

[hgb]

Michael Porter Jr has been red hot from 3 lately. He’s been coming off the bench since his return.

He shot 6/10 against the Mavs, but the other 4 games since his return he's averaging 2.25 makes per game (9/17), so whlle the percentage is great, he's not shooting a whole lot. He's really hard to stop, though, and I think the main weapon against MPJr is to attack him hard on defense, so he becomes unplayable.

 

[Jazz4ever]

Hoping Gobert can contain Jokic somewhat better than last time.

 

[hgb]

Donovan is now suddenly listed as probable on the injury report. Favors and Murray are also probable.

 

[whatthe]

Jokic is too good to stop. Just stop every one else.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

In our last game with Denver, Mitchell was awful until the very end. He started something like 1 for 10 in the first half and ended up 0/7 on 3s. Bogdanovic and Conley combined to go 0-for-6 on free-throws. The Jazz still won the game by playing solid defense.

If Mitchell hits 2 of those 3s and Conley/Bogdanovic make 4 of those FTs, the Jazz would have won by 10. I'm guessing the Jazz win this one by 8-10 pts at least.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jokic is too good to stop. Just stop every one else.

Last time, Jokic shot a lot of contested mid-range shots. He made a lot of them, but the Jazz kept him off the rim for the most part.

 

[whatthe]

Last time, Jokic shot a lot of contested mid-range shots. He made a lot of them, but the Jazz kept him off the rim for the most part.

Still had a triple double. The rest of the team was less productive

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

This makes me think Mitchell might be playing. Also, the betting line just moved a couple points towards Utah.

 

[framer]

Still had a triple double. The rest of the team was less productive

Making Jokic work is the key to beating them. If you force him to effort for 40 minutes, he may get his, but his but he is less efficient doing so and his teammates tend to stand around and watch.

 

[Jazzmix]

Would be nice to have Favors for this one.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

I think Morgan could do some things defensively against joker

 

[DasJazz]

This makes me think Mitchell might be playing. Also, the betting line just moved a couple points towards Utah.

Just saw an update from yahoo sports saying that he is playing today.

 

[cowhide]

This going to be a tough game. we need multiple guys to play well and for our defense to be great. Jokic is going to get his. He is a great player but we need Rudy to be like he has the last few games. Last time we played the Jazz were mentally tough and hung on to win despite poor play by Bogey and DM. I am nervous about this game but feel if we shoot like we have been then we should win.

 

[yamers]

Nuggets been playing well