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The Utah Jazz received a scare in their NBA Playoff matchup against the Dallas Mavericks when star guard Donovan Mitchell limped off to the locker room with a hamstring injury late in the fourth quarter of his team’s Game 5 loss. At the time, Mitchell’s status for Game 6 was thought to be up in […]

The Utah Jazz were hoping to steal another win on the road in Dallas in their first-round NBA Playoffs series against the Mavericks. Returning to the American Airlines Center in Game 5, Utah fell flat on its face, getting absolutely blown out by Luka Doncic and the Mavs. It was a dismal performance from virtually […]

Just when the momentum seems to have shifted to the side of the Utah Jazz, the Dallas Mavericks showed up and delivered a 102-77 beating against their opponents in Game 5. High-scoring performances in between quarters did the trick for Jason Kidd’s squad as they gained the upper hand with a 3-2 series lead. With […]

Donovan Mitchell is still putting up big numbers for the Utah Jazz in their first round playoffs series, but the Dallas Mavericks are making him work for every point. The Jazz star admitted as much after they lost Game 5 on Monday, which pushed them to trail the Mavs 3-2. Mitchell also gave the biggest […]

Donovan Mitchell sustained a hamstring injury in the Utah Jazz’s Game 5 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, putting his status in question for the rest of the series. However, the athletic guard is not ruling himself out just yet. In his postgame presser, Mitchell admitted that he’ll probably be in pain over the […]

The Utah Jazz lost Game 5 of their playoff series to the Dallas Mavericks, but that is not the most concerning news they got despite the way they played. According to reports, Donovan Mitchell sustained a rather worrisome injury in the contest. With less than five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter against the Mavs, […]

The Utah Jazz made a statement in Game 4 by finding a way to win despite the return of Luka Doncic. The exclamation point was put on the game by Rudy Gobert slamming home an alley-oop to put the Jazz on top with 11 seconds still to play. This was a massive win for Utah […]

The Utah Jazz shifted the momentum to their side by spoiling the return of Luka Doncic in Game 4 of their series against the Dallas Mavericks with a 100-99 win. The tightly contested victory evened the series at two games apiece as the series goes back to Texas for Game 5.   It was surely […]

To say the Utah Jazz have gone through some growing pains this season would be a massive understatement. The same issues that plagued them during the regular season have largely been prevalent in their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. While they were outplayed by a Mavs side that didn’t have Luka Doncic in their […]

When Donovan Mitchell threw the lob to Rudy Gobert to win Game 4 against the Dallas Mavericks, a lot of people were surprised. After all, for so long the talk has been how the Utah Jazz guard rarely passes to his French teammate. Naturally, Mitchell was asked about the assist to Gobert and what it […]

New York Knicks executive vice president William Wesley was spotted sitting courtside in Dallas during the Mavs-Jazz series earlier in the week. He was with Knicks star Julius Randle, who happens to be a Dallas native. Randle’s presence was not exactly newsworthy but the presence of Wesley was a bit ominous, to say the least. […]

The Utah Jazz are in trouble. The Dallas Mavericks lead them 2-1 in the NBA playoffs and have torched them in each of the past two games. The Mavs have made mincemeat out of the Jazz defense and could obliterate them even further when Luka Doncic returns. Game 4 is when Dallas is planning to […]

The Utah Jazz haven’t given their fans much to cheer about of late. Donovan Mitchell and Co. have underperformed against a Dallas Mavericks side without Luka Doncic and now trail 1-2. But beyond the two-games-to-one deficit, the one-court product has just been ghastly to witness by the eye-test alone. The effort and intensity has sorely […]

The Utah Jazz are inexplicably down 1-2 in their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks without Luka Doncic. Donovan Mitchell and Co. have been unable to stop the likes of Jalen Brunson, Spencer Dinwiddie, and Maxi Kleber on the defensive end. All credit to those three, particularly Brunson, as they’ve stepped up big time to […]

The Utah Jazz blew a 10-point halftime lead and eventually lost to the Luka Doncic-less Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 on Monday in a rather brutal defensive performance and Stephen A. Smith is not pleased. The ESPN analyst absolutely destroyed the Jazz for allowing Jalen Brunson to go off for 41 points while also taking […]

The Utah Jazz had a prime opportunity to take a 2-0 series lead over the Luka Doncic-less Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. After leading for much of the game, the Jazz held a 93-86 lead with just over eight minutes to play. They just needed to buckle down and execute in crunch time to secure […]

The Utah Jazz looked primed to take advantage of Luka Doncic’s absence yet again in Game 2 against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. The Jazz led for most of the game and took a seven-point lead with just over eight minutes to play after a Donovan Mitchell and-1. The visitors then proceeded to get […]

The Utah Jazz got exposed on Monday night after they fell down to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their playoff series. Many expected the Jazz to win against the Luka Doncic-led Mavs. Dallas is a one-star team, and with their best player out, it was the best opportunity for Utah to jump to […]

The Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. The Mavs kept it close, but without Luka Doncic, the Jazz were able to pull out a 99-93 win away from home. Doncic’s status for Game 2 remains very much in doubt, so the Jazz have a golden opportunity to […]

The Utah Jazz drew first blood against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday in what should be a highly entertaining first-round series between these two sides. Donovan Mitchell dropped a game-high 32 points for the Jazz en route to surpassing the great LeBron James on the all-time scoring leaderboard for the playoffs. Thanks to his heroics […]

Donovan Mitchell was the star of the show for the Utah Jazz in Game 1 of their Western Conference First Round series against the Dallas Mavericks. The versatile scorer led the way with a 32-point outing en route to a 99-93 win. Mitchell did not have much to go his way over the course of […]

The Utah Jazz will have a major advantage against the Dallas Mavericks when these two teams face off in Game 1 of their first-round playoffs series. Mavs superstar Luka Doncic is dealing with a calf injury that will keep him out for the opening game of the series and possibly beyond that. Jazz star Donovan […]

The Utah Jazz enter their first round matchup against the Dallas Mavericks as the favorites. That’s despite the Mavs holding home court advantage. The line initially opened with Dallas as the betting favorites, but news of Luka Doncic’s injury changed that. It’s still not known exactly if Doncic will return in time for this series, […]

The Utah Jazz had the best chance to exorcise their demons in a big way on Friday night against the NBA-best Phoenix Suns. Instead, they let them haunt their psyche for just a little bit longer. Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz were up 17 points heading into the fourth quarter against the Suns. After a […]

The Utah Jazz have a choking problem. All season long, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, and the rest of the team have had troubles closing out huge leads. It’s been a recurring problem for this team as they face multiple struggles throughout the year. Their latest blown lead involve a 17-point Jazz lead over the Phoenix […]

It’s been nearly two years since Rudy Gobert emerged as the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19. The moments that led up to the Utah Jazz star’s infection were not exactly Gobert’s best moments, and there are still some folks who believe that he was responsible for starting the COVID outbreak within his […]

The Utah Jazz have compiled the Western Conference’s sixth-best record this year, as they’ve managed to avoid the NBA’s play-in tournament- for now. Led by Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, the Jazz are poised for their sixth straight playoff berth. However, things haven’t been so rosy for the franchise all year, as there has been […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are the national champions. It wasn’t an easy road, though, and they had to pull off an incredible second half comeback to take down a feisty North Carolina Tar Heels squad led by first year head coach Hubert Davis. Naturally, the NBA world was tuned in throughout the showdown, with the likes […]

On the most recent episode of ClutchPoints’ Nothing But Nets podcast, we got a very intriguing question from a listener. Martin from the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn wanted to know this: “How relieved are Brooklyn Nets fans that the New York Knicks are blowing their draft position, conceding relevance to the Nets for the foreseeable future?” […]

With 7:17 left in the fourth quarter of their contest against the Golden State Warriors, the Utah Jazz had piled on a 99.5% chance of winning according to ESPN’s win probability metric. The Jazz were up 16 points and had possession of the basketball at that point. It’s possible the Warriors don’t even score 16 […]

Amid the Utah Jazz’s struggles this 2021-22 season, the trade rumors surrounding Donovan Mitchell continue to intensify. Now, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN in his latest appearance on the Lowe Podcast, a number of teams have been preparing themselves to pounce on the superstar guard if he’s made available by the Jazz. “Other teams […]

LOS ANGELES – For the second time in about 10 months, Paul George the LA Clippers overcame a monster deficit at home to defeat Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz. The first time happened in June 2021, and one would’ve hoped that the Jazz learned their lesson back then. But nope. Behind 34 points from […]

The Utah Jazz suffered a rough loss to the Charlotte Hornets Friday night. In the loss, Rudy Gobert put up 11 points and 19 rebounds, while Donovan Mitchell had 26 points and seven assists. The Jazz’s inability to pull out a win despite the stars’ performances caused a lot of frustration for the duo. Gobert […]

The Utah Jazz just got a rude awakening at the hands of the Boston Celtics, who have been on a complete tear as of late. Utah got to feel what it was like to get dismantled by one of the league’s hottest teams. In the process, they got real about what they needed to start […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young hit Taj Gibson and the New York Knicks with the ultimate disrespect, and Ja Morant and Donovan Mitchell couldn’t believe it. Late in the fourth quarter of the contest, Young put the perfect icing on his 45-point cake with an incredible crossover against Taj Gibson–sending the Knicks forward on the […]

The Utah Jazz is on the second of a back-to-back as they stay in New York to take on the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Jazz-Nets prediction and pick. Utah throttled the New York Knicks 108-93 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Despite not […]

It has been an underwhelming season for the New York Knicks, to say the least, and clearly, the frustration is getting the best of the players. The Knicks suffered another embarrassing loss at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, losing to the depleted Utah Jazz, 108-93. The defeat dropped the Knicks to 30-41, as their […]

Donovan Mitchell is a scoring monster. The Utah Jazz star has surprisingly flown under the radar this season, but one look at his games and you’ll see just how good he’s been. Mitchell has become the engine that makes Quin Snyder’s offense as good as it has been as of late. Against his hometown squad […]

There’s no sugarcoating it or whatsoever: Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is not happy with the way he’s being officiated by NBA referees, suggesting that he’s being treated differently. In a recent talk with reporters, Mitchell opened up about his frustration in officiating that boiled over during the Jazz’s game against the Chicago Bulls on […]