Game Thread Oct 31, 2025 08:00PM MT: Utah Jazz @ Phoenix Suns

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Sunday's game against Charlotte should be interesting.

 

[jazznik]

The 2nd unit is the tank unit

They just look very young and inexperienced.

 

[jazznik]

Ace has been awful on defense. Has really poor spatial awareness when helping and is leaving elite shooters wide open

I am grading on the curve here.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jazz are actually winning this 2nd quarter by 3 pts.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Walt Clayton is -19 in 7 mins. The lack of defense and lack of force with the ball might open the door for Collier.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Walt Clayton is -19 in 7 mins. The lack of defense and lack of force with the ball might open the door for Collier.

Or just play Harkless...

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Suns are playing harder and faster on both ends, making the Jazz look slow and disjointed. It doesn't surprise me that a team coached by Doug Christie would play like this.

Narrator: The Suns coach is Jordan Ott, not Doug Christie. Doug Christie coaches in Sacramento.

 

[fishonjazz]

Gotta be up at 5 tomorrow. Not watching this any longer.
Happy Halloween

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Kyle Anderson is big and strong enough to push through the defense. The Jazz don't really have that otherwise.

 

[Zombie]

Kind of an indictment on Phoenix that the Jazz are only down 14. The way we’ve played it feels like we should be down 30.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

This big deficit all happened over a 4-min stint at the end of the 1st quarter. Jazz were outscored 23-3 in those 4 mins.

It's that Ace/Walt/Brice trio that did most of the damage. Nurkic was in at the 5.

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Taylor Hendricks was drafted 2.5 years ago and is still three years away at best and that's semi-understandable but not super pleasant.

 

[homeytennis]

Taylor Hendricks was drafted 2.5 years ago and is still three years away at best and that's semi-understandable but not super pleasant.

I believe the selection of Tay Henny may have been one of the reasons a couple of the scouting staff was let go.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Taylor Hendricks was drafted 2.5 years ago and is still three years away at best and that's semi-understandable but not super pleasant.

Brother he sat an entire year with a broken leg...

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Taylor Hendricks was drafted 2.5 years ago and is still three years away at best and that's semi-understandable but not super pleasant.

I'll be honest, Taylor has got a lot of development ahead of him, but I'm actually more optimistic about Cody than Taylor right now. Taylor just doesn't have ball skills and for the most part needs to be spoon-fed on offense. Switching defenses can take him out the game for the most part.

He had a good opening night against the Clippers, but has scored a total of 7 pts in these last 4 games.

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Brother he sat an entire year with a broken leg...

Yes, which is why it's both semi understandable and not super pleasant!

 

[Step-Back Lauri]

Jazz intensity is way too low, but Suns also has made their homework and does good job in not allowing jazz to run their screen actions like last time. Let's see what Will has in his bag for 2nd half

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jazz may be ready to claim their throne at the bottom of the Western Conference.

 

[homeytennis]

Jazz intensity is way too low, but Suns also has made their homework and does good job in not allowing jazz to run their screen actions like last time. Let's see what Will has in his bag for 2nd half

Turnovers and bricks sort of limit a team.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Jazz had a stretch where they couldn't beat anyone off the dribble on one end, and they couldn't stop anyone off the dribble on the other.

After everything that's happened, this game is actually still winnable.