After the Jazz rolled to a 100-89 victory over the Houston Rockets, one thing became clear — the Utah Jazz need Donovan Mitchell to be efficient and effective on offense to be good. Without his 38 points (and 7 assists) and his solid shooting percentages on the way there (0.560/0.444/0.750 splits), we likely would have seen a repeat of the Memphis game.
That isn’t to say Mitchell has to be the only scorer. In fact, he absolutely can’t be if the Jazz hope to have positive results throughout the whole year and playoffs.