Mitchell’s 37 boosts Gobert-less Jazz over shorthanded Pelicans

Russ Isabella-USA TODAY SportsIn a game where the Utah Jazz were missing their best player, Rudy Gobert, and the New Orleans Pelicans didn’t have its future star, the former of the two teams came away with a 128-120 victory.

Utah jumped out to an early lead thanks to its 44-31 first quarter advantage and 74-54 halftime advantage. And despite an effort from the Pelicans to make things interesting, they never got close enough to really make a move to take the lead.

In the absence of Gobert, the Jazz relied heavily on its top two scoring players, Bojan Bogdanovic and Donovan Mitchell. The latter led all scorers with a season-high 37-point game, adding seven rebounds and five assists. Bogdanovic…