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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Welcome to KSL Sports Game Night as the Utah Jazz travel to face the Oklahoma City Thunder in the third game of the regular season. The Jazz are coming off a home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves Saturday night while the Thunder won their season opener over the Charlotte Hornets.
Follow this page throughout the night for live updates before the game, highlights, and stories on the biggest moments from the night.
The Jazz haven’t won a regular season matchup in Oklahoma City since Halloween night 2010. The team is looking to snap that streak against the new-look Thunder.
The game marks the first time the Jazz have returned to Oklahoma City since Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 just minutes before the two teams were set to tip-off on March 11.
Gobert’s test results sent professional sports across the globe into a tailspin.
“You can’t help but remember that evening,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said of the team’s return. “It was significant for both teams, really for the league. But the contrast between that point, and where we are now, the season, the hiatus, the bubble, coming back and playing again, it seems like a lifetime since that happened.”
Gobert and Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell were the first two NBA players to test positive for the virus. In addition to the league suspending play, the Jazz had to worry about Gobert’s condition.
“He was really sick for two weeks. He had all the symptoms that you read about,” Snyder said. “He was feeling more remorseful about what had happened than he was about how he was feeling.”
Bojan Bogdanovic had one of his worst nights in a Jazz uniform in the team’s loss to the Timberwolves. The forward finished with nine points on 3-16 shooting while committing a five-second violation in the games closing moments that cost the Jazz an opportunity to tie the game.
Though Bogdanovic connected on just 1-5 three-point attempts, he was even less efficient driving the hoop where he connected on just 2-11 shots inside the arc.
Despite the struggle, Snyder didn’t seem concerned about his Croatian star or his multi-faceted offensive attack.
“If you’ve got a hitter that doesn’t hit a curveball, you throw a curve,” Snyder said on how Bogdanovic an approach different defensive looks. “Bojan can throw a curveball. He’s got a fastball, he’s got a changeup, It makes him hard to guard.”
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Follow this page throughout the night for live updates before the game, highlights, and stories on the biggest moments from the night.
The Jazz haven’t won a regular season matchup in Oklahoma City since Halloween night 2010. The team is looking to snap that streak against the new-look Thunder.
Pregame Quotes
The game marks the first time the Jazz have returned to Oklahoma City since Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 just minutes before the two teams were set to tip-off on March 11.
Gobert’s test results sent professional sports across the globe into a tailspin.
“You can’t help but remember that evening,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said of the team’s return. “It was significant for both teams, really for the league. But the contrast between that point, and where we are now, the season, the hiatus, the bubble, coming back and playing again, it seems like a lifetime since that happened.”
Gobert and Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell were the first two NBA players to test positive for the virus. In addition to the league suspending play, the Jazz had to worry about Gobert’s condition.
“He was really sick for two weeks. He had all the symptoms that you read about,” Snyder said. “He was feeling more remorseful about what had happened than he was about how he was feeling.”
Bogdanovic’s Offense
Bojan Bogdanovic had one of his worst nights in a Jazz uniform in the team’s loss to the Timberwolves. The forward finished with nine points on 3-16 shooting while committing a five-second violation in the games closing moments that cost the Jazz an opportunity to tie the game.
Though Bogdanovic connected on just 1-5 three-point attempts, he was even less efficient driving the hoop where he connected on just 2-11 shots inside the arc.
Despite the struggle, Snyder didn’t seem concerned about his Croatian star or his multi-faceted offensive attack.
“If you’ve got a hitter that doesn’t hit a curveball, you throw a curve,” Snyder said on how Bogdanovic an approach different defensive looks. “Bojan can throw a curveball. He’s got a fastball, he’s got a changeup, It makes him hard to guard.”
Starting Lineups
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Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
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