In their first home game since December 20, the Toronto Raptors face the Utah Jazz. Kyle Lowry all but single-handedly defeated the Jazz last week with a stellar performance which included 19 (of his 36) points in Q4. Utah won’t lack for motivation.
The Jazz are as advertised, a low-scoring team which thrives on defense. Surprisingly, against the long and mobile Rudy Gobert, Jonas Valanciunas had one of his last decent games. Since then, he’s been mostly deplorable. Unless he rediscovers his energy, JV may be hearing trade rumors.
I’ve been calling for DeMarre Carroll to be moved since Week 1.