Transcription of LAST GAME’S STARTERS - NBA.com
1 PRONUNCIATIONS Dant Exum (DAHN-tay x-umm) Rudy Gobert (go-BARE) Joe Ingles (ING-uhls) Raul Neto (Hah-OOL Nett-oh) Georges Niang (George KNEE-yang) Thabo Sefolosha (TAH-bo sef-a-LOW-sha) Ekpe Udoh (EPP-ay OO-Doe) INJURY REPORT Dant Exum OUT (left shoulder surgery) Missed 65 games (10/18 3/7) Thabo Sefolosha OUT (right knee surgery) Missed 23 games (1/15 3/7) UTAH JAZZ (35-30) at MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (18-46) Game #66 ROAD Game #34 FedExForum MEMPHIS March 9, 2018 6 (MT) TV: AT&T SportsNet RADIO: 1280 FM LAST GAME S STARTERS (2017-18 averages) 2 JOE INGLES F 6-8 226 Australia PPG RPG APG Notched first career double-double (11 points, career-high 10 assists) at IND on 3/7 Second in the league in three-point percentage (.)
2 445) Has eight games this season with 5+ 3FG Appeared in his 200th straight game on 2/24 vs. DAL 15 DERRICK FAVORS F 6-10 265 Georgia Tech PPG RPG APG Has made a three-pointer in consecutive games for just the second time in his career Ranks seventh in Jazz history in blocked shots (641) Jazz are 11-3 when he records a double-double 27 RUDY GOBERT C 7-1 245 France PPG RPG BPG Posted his 21st double-double of the season (23 points and 14 rebounds) at IND (3/7) Made a career-high 12 free throws and scored a season-high 26 points vs. MIN (3/2) Ranks first in Jazz team history with .612 career field goal percentage 45 DONOVAN MITCHELL G 6-3 215 Louisville PPG RPG APG Named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for February ( ppg in Feb.) Won the 2018 Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles Leads all rookies with 33 games with 20+ points 3 RICKY RUBIO G 6-4 190 Spain PPG RPG APG Scored a career-high 34 points at SAS (2/3) Scored 20+ points in three straight games from 10/28 to 11/1 Ranks fourth among all all-time international players in point-assist double-doubles with 86 (since 1983-84) 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Record Home Road OT Streaks Overall 35-30 21-11 14-19 2-0 Overall Won 4 Western 22-16 14-6 8-10 1-0 Home Won 2 Eastern 13-14 7-5 6-9 1-0 Road Won 9 DATE OPP.
3 TIME (MT) RECORD/TV 10/18 DEN W, 106-96 1-0 10/20 @MIN L, 97-100 1-1 10/21 OKC W, 96-87 2-1 10/24 @LAC L, 84-102 2-2 10/25 @PHX L, 88-97 2-3 10/28 LAL W, 96-81 3-3 10/30 DAL W, 104-89 4-3 11/1 POR W, 112-103 (OT) 5-3 11/3 TOR L, 100-109 5-4 11/5 @HOU L, 110-137 5-5 11/7 PHI L, 97-104 5-6 11/10 MIA L, 74-84 5-7 11/11 BKN W, 114-106 6-7 11/13 MIN L, 98-109 6-8 11/15 @NYK L, 101-106 6-9 11/17 @BKN L, 107-118 6-10 11/18 @ORL W, 125-85 7-10 11/20 @PHI L, 86-107 7-11 11/22 CHI W, 110-80 8-11 11/25 MIL W, 121-108 9-11 11/28 DEN W, 106-77 10-11 11/30 @LAC W, 126-107 11-11 12/1 NOP W, 114-108 12-11 12/4 WAS W, 116-69 13-11 12/5 @OKC L, 94-100 13-12 12/7 HOU L, 101-112 13-13 12/9 @MIL L, 100-117 13-14 12/13 @CHI L, 100-103 13-15 12/15 @BOS W, 107-95 14-15 12/16 @CLE L, 100-109 14-16 12/18 @HOU L, 99-120 14-17 12/20 @OKC L, 79-107 14-18 12/21 SAS W, 100-89 15-18 12/23 OKC L, 89-103 15-19 12/26 @DEN L, 83-107 15-20 12/27 @GSW L, 101-126 15-21 12/30 CLE W, 104-101 16-21 1/3 NOP L, 98-108 16-22 1/5 @DEN L, 91-99 16-23 1/7 @MIA L, 102-103 16-24 1/10 @WAS W.
4 107-104 17-24 1/12 @CHA L, 88-99 17-25 1/15 IND L, 94-109. 17-26 1/17 @SAC W, 120-105 18-26 1/19 NYK L, 115-117 18-27 1/20 LAC W, 125-113 19-27 1/22 @ATL L, 90-104 19-28 1/24 @DET W, 98-95 (OT) 20-28 1/26 @TOR W, 97-93 21-28 1/30 GSW W, 129-99 22-28 2/2 @PHX W, 129-97 23-28 2/3 @SAS W, 120-111 24-28 2/5 @NOP W, 133-109 25-28 2/7 @MEM W, 92-88 26-28 2/9 CHA W, 106-94 27-28 2/11 @POR W, 115-96 28-28 2/12 SAS W, 101-99 29-28 2/14 PHX W, 107-97 30-28 2/23 POR L, 81-100 30-29 2/24 DAL W, 97-90 31-29 2/26 HOU L, 85-96 31-30 3/2 MIN W, 116-108 32-30 3/3 @SAC W, 98-91 33-30 3/5 ORL W, 94-80 34-30 3/7 @IND W, 104-84 35-30 3/9 @MEM 6 AT&T 3/11 @NOP 2 AT&T 3/13 DET 7 AT&T 3/15 PHX 7 AT&T 3/17 SAC 7 AT&T 3/20 ATL 7 AT&T 3/22 @DAL 6:30 AT&T 3/23 @SAS 6:30 AT&T 3/25 @GSW 6:30 AT&T 3/28 BOS 7:30 ESPN/AT&T 3/30 MEM 7 AT&T 4/1 @MIN 5 AT&T 4/3 LAL 7 AT&T 4/5 LAC 7 AT&T 4/8 @LAL 4 AT&T 4/10 GSW 7 AT&T 4/11 @POR 8:30 ESPN/AT&T 2 NEXT OPPONENT at Memphis2017-18 vs.
5 Memphis Grizzlies (1-0) 2016-17 vs. Memphis Grizzlies (1-3) 2/7/18 @ MEM, W, 92-88 11/14/16 @ UTA, L, 96-102 3/9/18 @ MEM, 6 MT 12/18/16 @ MEM, W, 82-73 3/30/18 @ UTA, 7 MT 1/8/17 @ MEM, L, 79-88 1/28/17 @ UTA, L, 95-102 LAST MEETING: Game #54 February 7, 2018 FedExForum Utah Jazz 92, Memphis Grizzlies 88 The Jazz notched their season-high seventh straight victory, taking down the Memphis Grizzlies on the road, 92-88. It marked Utah s sixth straight win on the road. Ricky Rubio continued his torrid scoring streak, finishing with 29 points (11-14 FT) and eight rebounds. Rodney Hood came off the bench to tally 18 points on a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe.
6 Utah did not surrender the lead the entire night. The Jazz made 28 foul shots to the Grizzlies 12. Andrew Harrison led Memphis with 23 points, while Marc Gasol chipped in 20 points. SERIES NOTES: Memphis won last year s season series 3-1 .. Rudy Gobert averaged points, rebounds, blocks and steals for the season series .. Gobert also shot percent from the field .. the Jazz shot percent in the four games against the Grizzlies, while Memphis shot percent. CONNECTIONS: Memphis TV Analyst Brevin Knight finished his NBA career with the Utah Jazz in 2008-09, appearing in 74 contests, averaging points, assists and rebounds .. Jazz Head Coach Quin Snyder, Jazz Assistant Coach Antonio Lang and Grizzlies Assistant Coach Bob Bender all competed collegiately at Duke University .. Grizzlies C Marc Gasol and Jazz G Ricky Rubio both hail from Spain and compete on the Spanish men s national team.
7 Jazz C Tony Bradley and Grizzlies F Brandan Wright both played collegiately at North Carolina. NEXT OPPONENT at New Orleans2017-18 vs. New Orleans Pelicans (2-1) 2016-17 vs. New Orleans Pelicans (3-0) 12/1/17 @ UTA, W, 114-108 2/8/17 @ NOP, W, 127-94 1/3/18 @ UTA, L, 98-108 3/6/17 @ UTA, W, 88-83 2/5/18 @ NOP, W, 133-109 3/27/17 @ UTA, W, 108-100 3/11/18 @ NOP, 2 MT LAST MEETING: Game #53 February 5, 2018 Smoothie King Center Utah Jazz 133, New Orleans Pelicans 109 The Jazz extend their win streak to six-games, beating the Pelicans 133-109, in New Orleans. The Jazz led by as many as 26 points as they outshot the Pelicans .584 (52-89) to.
8 505 (47-93) from the field and .667 (14-21) to .364 (8-22) from three-point range. Rodney Hood led all scorers with 30 points off the bench for the Jazz. Hood s 30 points is the third highest bench scoring performance by an opposing player in New Orleans franchise history and the most since Will Barton s 32 (12/20/15 vs. Denver). Utah s bench outscored New Orleans bench 55-29. Ricky Rubio notched his fourth point/assist double-double (seventh total) of the season with 20 points and 11 assists. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 28 points on 13-21 from the field. PREVIOUS MEETING: Game #38 January 3, 2018 Vivint Smart Home Arena Utah Jazz 98, New Orleans Pelicans 108 The Jazz received a team-high 24 points from Donovan Mitchell and a season-best 20 points from Joe Johnson, but Utah fell to New Orleans, 98-108, to even the season series with the Pelicans, 1-1. The Jazz forced the Pelicans into 20 turnovers and scored 18 points off those miscues, but New Orleans maintained a strong advantage on second-chance points (17-4) and three-pointers (14-of-30; Utah 7-of-32).
9 Utah finished with a 37-18 edge in bench points. Both teams combined to shot 27-of-29 (.931) from the foul line. Anthony Davis (29 points and 15 rebounds) and DeMarcus Cousins (19 points and 11 rebounds) each notched double-doubles for New Orleans, and Jrue Holiday tallied 24 points. PREVIOUS MEETING: Game #30 December 1, 2017 Vivint Smart Home Arena Utah Jazz 114, New Orleans Pelicans 108 Utah won their fifth game in a row, and fifth against New Orleans, 114-108. The Jazz posted a 16-point comeback, their largest comeback of the season. Utah tallied 71 points in the second half, a season-high for points in a half. Donovan Mitchell scored a career and game-high 41 points, breaking a Jazz rookie record for points in a game (previously, 38, Darrell Griffith, Feb. 13, 1981 vs. Boston). 29 of Mitchell s 41-points came in the second half. Derrick Favors recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
10 Donovan Mitchell became the first rookie to score 40+ points since Blake Griffin in 2011, and it is the first 40-point game by a Jazzman since Al Jefferson on April 12, 2013. SERIES NOTES: Last season, Utah swept New Orleans 3-0 for the first time since 2008-09 and earned their first four-game win streak against the Pelicans since winning four straight from 11/28-12-11/13/13 .. In three games against New Orleans last season, Rudy Gobert posted points, rebounds and blocks per game while Joe Johnson averaged points and 5 rebounds in two games. CONNECTIONS: Pelicans G Ian Clark appeared in 46 games with the Jazz (2013-15) .. Jazz F/C Derrick Favors and Pelicans Assistant Coach Fred Vinson both attended Georgia Tech .. Jazz C Rudy Gobert and Pelicans C Alexis Ajinca are natives of France .. Ajinca and Jazz Coaching Associate DeSagana Diop were teammates on the Charlotte Bobcats (2008-10).