The Jazz had a 14-point lead with 8 minutes left, and then the Pelicans went on a 22-2 run to win the game. Ouch. Then, the Jazz countered with a 7-0 run to take the lead back, but didn’t close it out. Double ouch.
Where do we assign the blame? Well, it turns out everyone was at fault. I mean, maybe Kyle Korver is blameless: he missed an open 3 in the stretch, but players miss open threes sometimes. Even Korver.
But everyone else who played will have something to watch tomorrow. Thabo Sefolosha lost Darius Miller in pick and roll, then once he was screened, didn’t get back into the play, meaning there was an easy NOP layup.