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The league-leading Utah Jazz, led by Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, just got whooped as they visited Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.
Utah was clumsy with the ball all evening, which ultimately decided the game for them, at least according to Mitchell and Gobert. The Jazz turned the ball over 14 times, something that is abig no-no against the Warriors.
“Turnovers hurt us,” Donovan Mitchell said, via Eric Walden of the Salt Lake Tribune. “I had four, [Bojan Bogdanovic] had four. That hurts — [not] being able to execute.”
Though Golden State wasn't far off in terms of TOs with a total of 13 on Sunday, they shot the ball way better and gave the Jazz a tough time defensively. This, according to Gobert, ended up being a problem.
“In the first half, our offense really affected our defense,” added Rudy Gobert, who grabbed 28 rebounds and four blocks on a losing effort for the Jazz. “We turned it over a few times. Every time we got them in the halfcourt, it was harder on them.”
Stephen Curry celebrated his 33rd birthday with 32 points on 10-of-20 shooting, including making 6-of-9 from deep, while Draymond Green notched another triple-double with an 11-12-12 evening. Aside from the Warriors' two leaders, guys like Andrew Wiggins, James Wiseman and even Jordan Poole all poured in. Wiggins finished with 28 points, while Wiseman and Poole combined for 34 points off the bench.
“It wasn’t necessarily halfcourt; we were turning the ball over and giving them easy, free layups and free opportunities on the other end in transition,” echoed Mike Conley, “and those are back-breakers in games like this.”
With the loss, the Jazz have now dropped three of their last four games to the tune of the Warriors snapping their four-game losing skid.
