On a night when Rodney Hood scored 30 points, Donovan Mitchell scored 17 in the first half, and the Jazz defense held Kristaps Porzingis to 19 points, you would have thought the Utah Jazz would come away with an easy victory. But it wasn’t so. The New York Knicks are a much improved team and took advantage of Rudy Gobert’s absence to pull out on top.
Porzingis is a legitimate MVP candidate that opens up the floor for other players like Tim Hardaway Jr and Enes Kanter.