SALT LAKE CITY — No Bojan Bogdanovic. No Mike Conley. No problem.
The Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their playoff series 124-105 Wednesday in a contest that was largely decided by midway through the third quarter, and they did it in convincing fashion despite the shortened depth chart.
The playoffs are always such a battle of strategy and about adjustments, adapting and reacting. Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz knew the Nuggets were not going to be complacent about their coverage of the All-Star guard in Game 2. Though the Nuggets came away with the Game 1 win, Mitchell had scored 57 points, and Nuggets coach Mike Malone talked about being more aggressive defensively with Mitchell and limiting his drives.