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The Triple Team: Jazz perimeter defense and Rudy Gobert’s rim protection stifles Hornets for 8th straight win

Seven of the first 15 Charlotte possessions were turnovers. Probably three of the other eight shots were good ones, so that meant that the Jazz were really successful 12 out of the first 15 possessions of the game.

How? Effort by the Jazz’s defense and “sloppy decisions” on behalf of the Hornets. I thought the two early Donovan Mitchell steals showed both kinds of turnovers.

The first is just Mitchell stepping into the play, and making life a little bit harder for Charlotte. He could make this a simple pass, but he figures by making it difficult, he can buy his team some time and maybe have a chance at a steal.