Early in the second half, Quin Snyder, unhappy with his team’s defensive performance after allowing three consecutive open threes, called timeout to yell at them to shape up. It was understandable: for a couple of minutes, they played defense like the Washington Wizards.
For the Jazz, the dip was momentary, and they went on to obliterate Washington in D.C., by a score of 116-95.
It couldn’t have been much easier. The Wizards started new acquisition Bobby Portis at center, who was both too small and too slim to handle Rudy Gobert down low. Gobert didn’t miss a shot, scoring 14 points on his 6-for-6 shooting, much of which came early.