During the team’s recent win streak, much has been made of the efforts of Utah Jazz stars Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert. It should come as no surprise — Hayward boasted the league’s best player efficiency rating (PER) for the month of February heading into Wednesday night, while Gobert tops the Association in box plus/minus.
But in the Jazz band’s road bout with the New Orleans Pelicans, the team’s new 1-2 punch yielded the floor in favor of some old school funk.
In an effort that hearkened back to his All-Star days with the Atlanta Hawks, backup wing Joe Johnson scorched the nets to lead Utah to a 127-94 win in the Big Easy.