[Post Game] The Utah Jazz (12-7) fall to the LA Clippers (11-7) 121-114


[Box Score](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468410)

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  1. The Jazz have lost their first game this season when Lauri scores 20+ (10-1) and when scoring 30+ in the 3Q (6-1).

    There’s no way THT doesn’t start the next one over Sexton, right?

  2. Conley is needed.
    Sexton looking for hero ball.
    Refs can’t get a call right.
    Honestly proud of the team on how hard we played.

  3. Well now we know why Sexton has been getting his limited minutes in past games.

    Also, I’m still going to Lauri’s house to give him that massage. He’s earned it along with the macaroni statues I’ve been making of him.

  4. THT’s development since the start of the season has been nothing short of amazing. Playing under control, smart passing out of his drives, plus steady defensively with some big steals. If you had told me before the start of the season that THT should be starting at point guard over Sexton when Conley is out, I wouldn’t have believed you.

  5. What an absolute bullshit coach’s challenge, not overwhelming evidence in the slightest, especially when Coffey was clearly leaning into it. Fuck you refs.

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    Also I kind of never want to see Sexton play again, he has been abysmal this year and hasn’t earned a spot over THT.

  6. The Jazz really only played well for about 15 minutes of this game. It was very sloppy and all the Kessler and NAW minutes were atrocious

  7. Utah Jazz players ranked on how much I like them:

    1. Jordan Clarkson
    2. Mike Conley
    3. Lauri Markkanen
    4. Malik Beasley (trending up)
    5. Walker Kessler
    6. Kelly Olynyk (trending up)
    7. THT (trending up)
    8. Jarred Vanderbilt
    9. Collin Sexton (trending down)
    10. Udoka Azubuike
    11. Simone Fontecchio
    12. Ochai Agbaji
    13. NAW (trending down)
    14. Leandro Bolmaro
    15. Rudy Gay

  8. Ton of mistakes for younger players. I’m just counting this one up to growing pains.

    Some positives though the offense flowed better than I’d thought with THT especially considering the shooting night Beas had.

    I’m not out on sexton he had a terrible game but let’s see how he answers this. If there one thing that’s clear it’s that he’s a hard worker. Think he deserves time to figure his role out especially because he’s never been a point guard. We shouldn’t be too quick with conclusions.

    These next 2 weeks without Mike are gonna have a ton of opportunities and probably will help shape part of our future

    Next man up!

  9. We have to have Kessler in as much as possible to fight zubac for those rebounds. Kelly just can’t defend him worth beans. Fouls and then acts like he’s never even heard a whistle before in his life

  10. Sexton isn’t it. Hardy was really reaming his ass on the bench. He’s been bad since the Lakers game. Got to think he’s going to ride pine and possibly get dealt.

  11. One of our first round picks next year has to be used on a point guard, right? Mike isn’t getting any younger, and I have serious doubts about Sexton being a long term piece for us. Thank god Lauri was included in the Donovan trade, or Cleveland would’ve fleeced us. This was a respectable loss all things considered, especially considering our bullshit schedule. On to the next.

  12. All things considered I’m surprised this game was close, we had several moments where I thought we’d give up but our guys kept fighting. If THT hadn’t gotten that charge I honestly think we would have won this.

  13. This was infuriating to watch, but as long as they win Wednesday (a game I will be at) I’ll be chilling

  14. What a great 2nd half. I think overall I’m okay with this loss. There were some great adjustments being made by Hardy. I think the lack of energy from NAW was definitely cancer tonight. Vando + Walker had a couple misplays. Which between the 3 of them made it tough to complete the comeback tonight. Lauri had a sick nasty dunk I think woke up the whole Jazz bench. Clarkson had it right in the 4th quarter by driving down hill and scoring the 2 pts. Sexton had his ups and big downs. Sorta deflated a little bit during those critical last minutes. Olynyk did his best to will back the momentum with his sloppy flop but it just didn’t come together at the end there.

  15. Jazz have a losing record Clarkson is the leading scorer…means our offense can’t create for other players.

  16. Not even mad with tonight’s lost. We have a lot of mistake and no Conley to facilitate. Somehow, we keep finding ways and made this game exciting

  17. Almost a good game love the overall effort from the closing guys, they deserve the spot. Powell suddenly show up tonight after a long slump and just another random guy whos destined to beat the Jazz. Sexton easily being targetted on defense, it’s like everyone from the Clipper can shoot in front of him and not to mention hes like a blackhole on offense. NAW shows he can pass no matter who’s wide open including the lady from the bench, too bad she did not shoot the ball.

  18. Our defense has GOT to be better. Letting Norman Powell and Reggie Jackson cook us in absolutely unacceptable.

  19. What picks do the Jazz have after losing mitchell, gobert? Love watching you guys and love the fact i took Lauri in both my fantasy teams 😍

  20. Shout out to the Clippers commentators. They were very neutral the whole game, talked up things about Utah you sometimes don’t expect from local guys, and got excited over big plays on both sides.

  21. Credit to the Clippers, they were hungry for this one. Even more Credit to the Jazz for making this a great game.

    Vando’s flagrant and the overturned and-1 to a charge were the difference.

  22. THT should start next game. We need his size for guard defense. He’s also a much better facilitator than Sexton.

    Lauri should have gotten the ball more when he came back into the game in the 4th. Clarkson got a little iso heavy.

    I actually think it’s good that Conley is out for a bit. This gives the younger playmakers a chance to grow and learn to play as a team. Then when Conley comes back rested to a better team, this team will take off. It’s better this happens now vs in the playoffs.

  23. NAW hasn’t played for like a week or two, give him a break. I’ve really liked what I’ve seen from him in the previous games he’s played.

    Sexton gives me flashbacks of Donovan with the hero ball, he had tons of chances tonight to pass it out and didn’t, was a bit disappointing.

    Tht is gonna be something though. He’s seemed to really really mature in the last, five games even. He should be a central part of the jazz moving forward for sure.

  24. The way some of the fans turned on sexton is crazy especially when you guys aren’t consistent with the things you dislike he does when other players do it. Especially JORDAN CLARKSON. Wow it’s just sad to see pp blame him when his role more than anybodies has been a roller coaster. He makes a mistake he’s buried in the sand .just sad to see him go through this yet again

  25. Vanderbilt honestly must have cost us like 20 points. He was absolutely awful. Tons of momentum killing mistakes from him.

  26. New Finnish fan to the sport here, this is my second season now. My question is what’s up with Sexton? Does he just not fit the team playstyle? Last year Cavs fans talked about him like he is a bball god and his statistics do look good but this year he has seemed extremely lackluster if you consider the hype around him in the past. Just seems weird.

    Could also be that I’m just new and don’t realize that players have ups and downs?

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