After two straight losses in which the Utah Jazz gave up leads and couldn’t quite pull through in the clutch, fans were worried it might happen again tonight against the Charlotte Hornets.
The Jazz started this game as well as you could ask for, winning the first quarter 35-16. The defense was stifling, Rudy Gobert was dominating, and the Jazz were hitting threes. Well, those threes quickly stopped going in. Utah went cold from deep and the Hornets climbed back into the game.
Rudy Gobert was a force all night, keeping Utah afloat during the cold stretches.