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The season ultimately came to a disappointing end for the Utah Jazz after they were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets. Their matchup turned into an epic first-round series that went all the way to seven games. Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was understandably frustrated after their early exit, but has come out to make a bold […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell shared a touching tribute to his late grandmother on social media, adding that she made the 23-year old star the person he is today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEy6sHNAXn1/ There’s no me without you… I love you grandma 😭🙏🏾 — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) September 6, 2020 Anybody chopping up onions in here? As he […]

After being eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, the big question now for the Utah Jazz is this: what’s next? Utah made quite a splash last summer, and was considered as a dark horse in the West. The key addition of Mike Conley and Bojan Bogdanovic in the offseason […]

Utah Jazz All-Star center Rudy Gobert responded to a tweet on Friday that featured a drawing of him. Unfortunately for the artist, Gobert wasn’t impressed at all. Someone really let his son do this to me. https://t.co/VlTp5pJyqc — Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) September 4, 2020 Whoever the artist is gave it the good old college try. […]

Following a heartbreaking loss to the Denver Nuggets in the first round, the Utah Jazz plan to do more than simply bring back Donovan Mitchell with a max extension of his rookie contract. According to The Athletic, the front office will likely bring the entirety of the core back for a second run next season. […]

The Utah Jazz saw their season come to a heartbreaking end on Tuesday, as they suffered a hugely disappointing Game 7 loss to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. This marks another early postseason exit, which appears to have become the norm for the Jazz. To make matters worse, Utah already […]

Former Houston Rockets shooting guard Vernon Maxwell took some time out of his Thursday to toss a bit of shade at the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder. Maxwell has a rather hilarious running gag going with Utah, and this time he brought Oklahoma City into it after the Rockets beat the Thunder in Game […]

On Tuesday, the Utah Jazz lost Game 7 to the Denver Nuggets, abruptly bringing an end to their season. It’s been a roller coaster season for the franchise, which made some great offseason moves that had some experts predicting they could win the title. Then. the NBA stoppage started when Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell […]

Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell traded blows during the first-round series between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz. Murray led his team back from 3-1 down and had multiple 50-point games in the series, while Mitchell averaged a whopping 36.3 points and shot over 50 percent from beyond the arc over the course of seven […]

The image of a dejected Donovan Mitchell slumped on the floor right after the final buzzer in Game 7 of the Utah Jazz’s first-round series to the Denver Nuggets is one that basketball fans will not soon forget.  Mitchell had given it his all in the game and the series, combining with Jamal Murray to […]

The NBA released the Last Two Minute Report from Tuesday’s epic Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz, and it featured two key misses in the insane final minute. Per the report, Nuggets big man Mason Plumlee should have been whistled for a foul on Jazz center Rudy Gobert’s game-tying dunk with 48 […]

After being ousted by the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday in Game 7 of their first-round playoffs matchup, the Utah Jazz are now in store for what should be a very interesting offseason. One of the biggest concerns has to be the relationship between stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, which at this point appears to […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was a picture of disappointment following his team’s heart-breaking Game 7 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. After the defeat, the 23-year-old opened up about how he came to a decision to join his team inside the bubble despite the significant health risk. “Once my teammates told me […]

Donovan Mitchell is slated to sign a max extension with the Utah Jazz as soon as free agency opens, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. The Jazz star is coming off a titillating performance in a first-round series against the Denver Nuggets, one that ended with heartbreak after an 80-78 loss in Game 7 […]

The restart of the NBA season blessed fans with a high-octane series between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz, a roller-coaster ride that offered plenty to get the blood flowing for the remainder of the postseason. Despite being only a first-round affair, Nuggets-Jazz had it all, with high-scoring games, a matchup between two stars on […]

The Denver Nuggets narrowly escaped with a series-clinching Game 7 victory on Tuesday over the Utah Jazz in what was a whirlwind of a sequence in the dying seconds of the game. For his part, Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was relegated to the bench for the final seconds, and he could only look on helplessly […]

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was in an understandably jovial mood inside the team dressing room following his team’s amazing Game 7 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday. So much so, that Malone decided to take a shot at his own player, Torrey Craig, during his post-game speech. As Malone was delivering his […]

After their heartbreaking Game 7 loss to the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell said that the pain he’s feeling right now is nothing compared to the sorrow felt by those families who lost their loved ones to racism and brutality. An emotional Mitchell spoke out about true “pain” after being booted out in […]

Denver Nuggets budding star Jamal Murray got the better of his rival, Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell, on Tuesday. The Nuggets overcame a 3-1 series lead by the Salt Lake City squad and took Game 7 on Tuesday, 80-78, to advance to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. The pair of explosive scorers […]

Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz ended with a whirlwind of a sequence, with the Nuggets emerging as the victors in this series-clinching contest. The Jazz came extremely close to stealing the series, though, with Mike Conley’s last-second shot just missing by a few inches. A new video has surfaced, however, […]

The Denver Nuggets have just emerged as the victors in what was an amazing final game to an equally epic first-round series against the Utah Jazz. After their tightly-contested 80-78 win, Jamal Murray could not help but take a shot at teammate Torrey Craig for missing a key layup in the dying moments of the […]

We were all treated to quite a nail-biter on Tuesday as the Utah Jazz were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of this tightly-contested first-round series. Jazz guard Mike Conley put up a last-second heave that would have won the game for Utah, and the image below depicts just how close they were […]

The Denver Nuggets versus Utah Jazz first-round series was indeed the most exciting match-up in the 2020 NBA playoffs so far. With that said, it was only fitting that the exhilarating seven-game series ended in the most chaotic way possible. Denver managed to claw back from a 3-1 deficit and stun the Jazz in Game […]

The NBA playoff first-round series between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz was indeed one hell of a showdown, thanks in large part to each teams’ bright young stars Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell. The thrilling NBA showdown came to an epic conclusion on Tuesday, as the Nuggets narrowly escaped with an 80-78 win in […]

Utah Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell has surpassed Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry for the most 3-pointers made in a playoff series. In Game 7, Mitchell eclipsed Curry after draining his 33rd 3-pointer of the series in their first-round duel with the Denver Nuggets. Curry drained 32 3-pointers in a series on two occasion: […]

The Denver Nuggets completed an improbable comeback from 3-1 down in the series on Tuesday, when they defeated the Utah Jazz in Game 7 of this first-round series. After the game, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was on the receiving end of the customary water bath courtesy of Denver guard Jamal Murray. Here’s a look […]

In the fourth quarter of Game 7 between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic drove aggressively to the hoop to respond to the Jazz’s scoring run. But defensive stalwart Rudy Gobert had other ideas. Peep the clip below to see Rudy Gobert’s critical block on Jokic. Though Gobert bit on Jokic’s initial […]

After going down 3-1 in their first-round series against the Utah Jazz, the Denver Nuggets pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in team history and won Game 7 to secure their ticket to the second round of the playoffs. Nikola Jokic led the way for Denver with 30 points as the team eked out […]

After a hard foul from Utah Jazz veteran Joe Ingles, Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray grimaced in pain while clutching onto his hamstring/knee area. It appears that the foul wasn’t intentional, as Ingles quickly tended to Murray. However, the Nuggets star wasn’t having any of it. Instead of reaching back out to Ingles, he slapped […]

According to NBA Stats, Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray and Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell have combined for the most combined points scored by a pair of players in a playoff series in NBA history. Both Murray and Mitchell have been scoring and shooting the ball at will in the Nuggets-Jazz series. Jamal Murray (13 […]

The LA Clippers finished their first round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, and are still awaiting their second round opponent. Tuesday night’s Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz will provide clarity as to Doc Rivers‘ next challenge. The Clippers, however, aren’t sweating it. The team scheduled a practice session on […]

Magic Johnson is not exactly known for throwing out particularly spicy NBA takes on Twitter. Ahead of Tuesday’s Game 7 showdown between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz, Johnson posted some on-brand analysis: “I’m so excited for Denver vs. Utah Game 7 & to see Jamal Murray vs. Donovan Mitchell! For Denver to win, Nikola […]

It’s not secret that Jamal Murray has been lighting it up recently, becoming just the fourth player ever to score 50 points twice in the same playoff series (Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Donovan Mitchell). Murray is averaging a staggering 47.3 points over the last three games, shooting 62.9% from the three-point line. Murray has been […]

The Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets have given NBA fans loads of excitement in their first round playoff series, with highlights from Donovan Mitchell and Jamal Murray making rounds on all forms of media. Currently, the teams are tied at three games apiece, with a pivotal Game 7 matchup on the horizon. In this piece, […]

The Dallas Mavericks mounted a legitimate challenge in the first round against a heavily favored Los Angeles Clippers side. As a matter of fact, there were a couple of instances during the series that the Mavs had some of us convinced that they could actually pull off the upset. In the end, however, the Clippers […]

The Utah Jazz have been, for the most part, perennial playoff contenders throughout their history. While the Jazz haven’t won an NBA title since being established as a franchise in 1974, they’ve had a good amount of success thanks to some stellar work in the draft. Let’s take a look at the best Jazz draft […]

Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray had quite an evening on Sunday, as he led his team to a crucial 119-107 win over the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of their first-round series matchup. The 23-year-old came up with another 50-piece meal against Utah, and in the process, broke a 67-year-old record by the great Bob […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell usually has a cool and calm demeanor. However, not even the 23-year-old could keep it together on Sunday after a disappointing Game 6 loss to the Denver Nuggets in their first-round series matchup. Mitchell was captured on film throwing a bit of a fit as he and his team exited […]

It was an intense encounter between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets in Game 6 of their first-round playoffs encounter on Sunday. This turned out to be a back-and-forth contest, which was naturally not short of heated moments — one of which involving Jazz big man Rudy Gobert and a chair. Gobert was not […]