Game 09 Takeaways – Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets
Jazz Fall Apart in 4th Quarter, Move to 4-5 on Season.
The Jazz played the second game of a (second) back-to-back Saturday night in Denver. Utah’s second game in as many nights came against a red-hot Denver Nuggets teams currently 8-1 on the year.
Donovan Mitchell returned for the Utah Jazz after missing the previous game against Memphis with a tight hamstring. Donovan, along with three other Jazz players (mentioned below) all experienced injuries at one time or another that looked serious.
Luckily for the Jazz, none of these injuries ended up as bad as they looked. The game, on the other hand, was another story.
Utah Jazz lose their third straight game in Denver 102-88.
Watch the full game highlights below:
Game 09 Takeaways – Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets
Quick Notes
#1 | Win the Games You SHOULD Win
…and when you lose the games you should lose, nobody will care as much…
I don’t think it’s Threat Level Midnight yet, but there are definitely some Jazz fans panicking.
Should we be panicking? If not, at what point should we?
#2 | A Silver Lining… Of Sorts…
At different points during this game, Rudy Gobert, Joe Ingles, Donovan Mitchell and Dante Exum all looked like they could have sustained serious (potentially season-ending) injuries.
Luckily for the Jazz, each of these players were able to return to the game at some point or another.
My question is how long can these Jazz players take this kind of abuse night in and night out? Was Denver just a fluke game, or is this how teams play the Jazz moving forward?
#3 | A Tale of Four Quarters
In case you were wondering at what EXACT moment things went back for the Jazz…
#4 | #RememberLastYear
Remember how last year Utah started off really slow, and at one point was in the cellar of the Western Conference?
What happened immediately following that?
Oh that’s right…
Is that what is happening this year also? Is there something to say about players just taking awhile to get back into NBA basketball shape, regardless of what team or teammates they played with the year prior?
When you think about it, all these players went away for the summer, came back, adjusted to the elevation, then went on a huge road trip to cities at or below seal level, then came back to the elevation…
That’s an excuse, but still.
#5 | Looking Ahead
The Jazz have three games this week, two of which they should (probably) lose.
Is Dallas a MUST-WIN game? Are we already seeing a MUST-WIN game this early in the season?
Ugh.
Game 09 Takeaways – Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets
Prop Results
Probably should mention that none of made any prop picks this game. Trust us, we have a good reason why (we forgot).
Thus, we all have been forced to use the prior game’s picks for this game.
May God help us all.
Winner
Ryan Van Dorn (4)
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