The Utah Jazz went into halftime down one to the depleted Detroit Pistons and it had all the makings of an early season Jazz classic. Underperforming against lesser competition, bench struggling against opposing reserve units, and offense sputtering, but then the Utah Jazz started the second half on a big run and didn’t look back. Utah would then cruise to a 104-81 win, the first time Utah has won by 20 or more points since October 26th against the Sacramento Kings.
A lot of that second half turnaround was due to Rudy Gobert’s defense and Donovan Mitchell and Jordan Clarkson’s scoring.