Grayson Allen heeded the call Wednesday with the Utah Jazz missing half of its rotation and a matchup with the Phoenix Suns on the itinerary. Allen pulled through by posting new career-highs in both points (14) and rebounds (3) in Utah’s 118-97 win. He also arguably had his best shooting night of the year when considering the volume of shots he took (6 of 9 — Allen has three games with a 100 percent shooting mark but in none of those did he take more than three FGA).
So it turned out to be no wonder that in postgame interviews, head coach Quin Snyder and several of Allen’s teammates were asked about the performance of the rookie.