Jazz 16 Hawks 15 with 6:31 left in the 1st quarter
Hawks run one play primarily. Young comes up the left sideline and gets to his right hand with two picks waiting for him with the 4 and the 5. The 5 usually pops and 4 rolls. Young knows it well, will split it, curl it, etc Hawks 48 Jazz 42 with 6:32 left in the 2nd quarter
Hawks are loaded with shooters and stretch the floor brilliantly
Hawks are 10 of 15 from three to start the game
They are 11th offensive team since All Star Break
Ingles and Mithcell with 10 points

Thunder 7 Jazz 6 with 6:54 left in the 1st quarter
Clear these teams know each other and what they want to do.
Paul George last 10 games is shooting 35% and 25% from three
Russell Westbrook last 10 games scoring 32 points a game, 47% from field and 38% from three Thunder 26 Jazz 21 with 10:00 2nd quarter
Have a feeling the Ingles/Favors pick and roll may have run its course. Teams are defending Joe differently with the ball and he is having a tough time getting into the pick with Favors to have that play develop, NBA Scouting is awesome

Jazz 11 Pelicans 10 with 6:49 left in the 1st Quarter
Favors with a power dunk
Jazz look more comfortable guarding Julius Randle tonight
Keeping Pelicans out of transition still vital for win Pelicans 35 Jazz 34 with 8:33 left in the 2nd quarter
Favors 10 points and 3 rebounds
Korver with 8
Jazz making a few more mistakes than they usually do with help defense or group rebounding.

Jazz v. Bucks
Key Notes: Bucks have won 19 of 21. Jazz have won 18 of 22 at home
Bucks allow the fewest shots at the rim and the most 3s
Bucks take the 2nd most amount of shots at the rim Bucks 8 Jazz 0 with 9:25 left in the 1st quarter
Giannis who got flustered last game v. Jazz when Gobert was guarding him tonight is going straight to the basket and attacking. Pushed off to get his first two dunks and then floated one over Gobert.

Nuggets 10 Jazz 7 with 6:37 left in the 1st quarter
Neither team hitting shots early. Nugs are 5 of 12 without a three and the Jazz are 3 of 10 with 1 three.
Denver is 27-4 at home
Teams playing at home with rest advantage have won 70% of all games this year Nuggets 16 Jazz 9 with 3:31 left in the 1st Quarter
Nuggets will run an inverse pick and roll with Jokic handling and Murray picking. It is one of the best in the NBA averaging 1.3 points per pick and roll
Jazz offense struggling without a point guard right now.

Jazz 21 Thunder 15 with 6:50 left in the 1st Quarter
Jazz start the night 8 for 8 with 3 dunks and 2 corner 3s.
In first two games Jazz took 29 corner 3s and 77 shots at the rim.
thunder defense has been 22nd in NBA last 20 games
Thunder 7 of 10 shooting Thunder 55 Jazz 52 with 4:33 in the 2nd quarter
Thunder have played nearly 25% of all possessions in transition. Jazz defense can't have an impact if they don't get this game into the halfcourt. Jazz are making an effort to play faster offensively but need a slow game

Jazz 16 Wolves 7 with 8:07 left in the 1st quarter
Jazz on a 14-2 run
Rubio with nifty finish on a reverse side layup over Towns plus a really nice fast break pass to Favors for a dunk
Derrick Favors with another 3. Jazz 41 Wolves 34 with 6:33 left in the 2nd quarter
Donovan and Rudy back on the floor. they have been +16 per 100 possessons

Jazz 16 Nuggets 8 with 7:00 1st quarter
Ricky Rubio starts on fire. 8 points and 3 assists.
Paul Millsap has tied Al Jefferson for 90th on the All-Time offensive rebounds list with 2,054. That is kinda fun. Jazz 25 Nuggets 14 with 3:07 left in the 1st quarter
Nuggets defense has two weaknesses 27th in the league allowing shots at the rim and 30th in the league allowing corner 3 shots
Jazz 4 of 5 at rim and 4 of 8 from 3

Jazz 14 Blazers 11 with 7:20 1st quarter
Jazz pick and roll attack looks good early. Key is to get good space between ball handler and rolling big so Nurkic can't guard both
Blazers like to go under on picks so Jazz need to hit the three - Donovan just did that. Jazz 24 Blazers 21 with 2:34 left in the 1st
Evan Turner is a problem for the Jazz. Korver trying to guard him and it is tough match-up.

Jazz 15 Clippers 15 with 6:20 left in 1st quarter
Clippers open the game hitting 5 of 8 from the mid range
Clippers are doubling Donovan every time. Mixed results so far Jazz 31 Clippers 22 End of 1st
Clippers hit just 3 of last 13
Clippers 0 free throws - Clippres are #1 in NBA to FTA/FG

Pistons 9 Jazz 2 with 10:25 left in the 1st quarter
Pistons getting in transition off Jazz misses and turnovers. Drummond goes coast to coast and Reggie Jackson does the same.
Pistons are #4 team at not allowing a three and #1 team defending the three Pistons 45 Jazz 35 with 7:50 left in the 2nd quarter
Jazz defense hasn't kicked in yet. Pistons making some tough looks.
Pistons have been much better this year with Ish Smith on the floor and it looks it tonight.
Joe Ingles with 6 assists and Derrick Favors with 8 pts

Jazz 14 Bulls 8 with 6:49 1st quarter
Ingles busting out 3 for 3 from three, all above the break 3 point shots
Bulls moving well without ball and getting some good looks Jazz 33 Bulls 33 with 8:45 left in the 2nd quarter
Bulls on a 12 to 2 run. Sparked offensively by Jabari Parker. Parker has 7 points on 3 of 5 shooting.
Jazz 1 for 5 in the 2nd quarter
Grayson Allen getting 2nd string minutes at back up point guard

Jazz 8 Lakers 3 with 9:45 left in the 1st Quarter
Rudy Gobert dominating around the basket early. Players bypassing shots and then missing
Royce O'Neale has hit two above the break 3s. Surprised. Don't be Royce is now 16 of 36 (44%) Jazz 46 Lakers 34 with 6:53 left in the 2nd quarter
Donovan Mitchell with 14 points
Jazz offense is rolling against very good defensive team. Offensive rating is 127 right now
Lakers playing offense in the half court

Magic 22 Jazz 7 with 5:21 left in the 1st quarter
Awful start by the Jazz. Missing defensive assignments and the offense is doing exactly what the Magic want them to do. They are staying on shooters and sagging in the paint and Jazz are talking mid range shots. Jazz 3 of 11 Magic 42 Jazz 21 with 8:46 left in the 2nd quarter
By far the worst the Jazz have looked all season. Just dead on both sides of the ball and the Magic are rolling
Magic haven't lost a 20 point lead this season and the Jazz haven't come back from down 20 this season

Few Milwaukee Bucks notes before Tip Off
They take the 3rd most shots at the rim and the 2nd most threes
They allow the fewest shots at the rim and they allow the most Corner 3s and the most overall 3s.
They will take away rim and dare you to make shots For all the talk about Giannis in transition the Bucks are the best half court offense in the NBA. They have the 4th best shot quality (Jazz have best)
They are 28th in frequency of picks, 29th in frequency of handoffs and 26th passes.
They run limited action penetrate and dish

Pistons 7 Jazz 0 with 9:50 left in the 1st quarter
not a great start for the Jazz 0 for 5 from three, 0 for 3 from three and 0 for 2 from three
Pistons have lost 11 of 15 but are coming off strong win in Memphis and have had 2 days off Pistons 30 Jazz 13 with 2:19 left in the 1st quarter
Jazz are 4 of 17 from the field and have only taken 4 three point shots
Pistons scoring at will. Rudy Gobert went out of the game at the 8:40 the Jazz trailed 7-3 when Gobert went out. 23-10 since.

Raptors 13 Jazz 5 with 7:27 left in the 1st quarter
Raptors on a 9-1 run.
Jazz have missed 5 shots in a row
Raptors play the 5th most amount of possessions in transition (20%) Jazz keep teams out of transition at 3rd best rate Raptors 22 Jazz 15 with 2:43 left in the 1st quarter
Gobert showing more offensive moves and array of options tonight.
Jazz 0 for 5 from 3 and Raptors 2 for 2
Interesting to see how Quin gets Kyle Korver minutes tonight with Kawhi Leonard and Pascal Siakam as matchups

Dante Exum and Donovan Mitchell start for the Jazz tonight in the backcourt. They have played 359 possessions together this season (-4.5 per 100 possessions). The 5 lineups that have played more than 15 possessions all include Jae Crowder who is also out tonight. Jazz 11 Knicks 4 with 9:14 1st quarter
Jazz opening 5 field goals are 3 dunks, 1 layup and a 4ft floater and Enes Kanter hasn't even played yet. I kid because I care. I still love Enes. Please don't boo him tonight

Jazz 12 Blazers 7 with 7:10 1st Quarter
Great start getting good looks.
Just 2 of 6 on free throws Jazz 33 Blazers 26 with 9:14 left in the 2nd quarter
EKPE UDOH !!!!!! Rejection at the rim.
Jazz +7 with Lillard and CJ out of the game.
Blazers play 67% of minutes with both on floor and 21% with neither

Jazz 17 Thunder 11 with 7:12 left in 1st Quarter
Jazz brilliant offensively right now. Great patience. Finding open man and getting great looks. Favors with 7 points and the last two on a baseline drive for a huge dunk.
Westbrook 0 shots attempts. Last 10 games 39% Jazz 41 Thunder 31 with 9:08 left in the 2nd quarter
Jazz defense has forced 8 turnovers
Great defensive effort again from the Jazz. Paul George with 2 shot attempts and Westbrook with 2

Jazz 24 Warriors 21 end of 1st quarter
Solid quarter from Jazz.
Trying to limit catch and shoot threes and Warriors were 2 for 5 on catch and shoot but Curry was only 1 of them.
Korver 6 pts Halftime - Jazz 56 Warriors 55
Jazz have knocked the Warriors out of their catch and shoot game. The Warriors have 9 catch and shoot attempts the whole game. Curry was incredible in the 2nd quarter with 18 points but picked up 3 fouls
Jazz getting lots of 3 point looks (7 of 19