SLC Dunk · Dec 7, 2021
Utah’s ‘death lineup’ is looking as scary as ever
Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty ImagesIn the 2019-20 NBA season, Quin Snyder began experimenting with the Utah Jazz bench lineups. He decided to stagger minutes between his two starting guards, Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell. This decision resulted in a lineup featuring two starters in Conley and Joe Ingles against opposing benches. Joined by bench scorer Jordan Clarkson and two young and unproven front-court players, Georges Niang and Tony Bradley, this lineup dominated other second units. That was the beginning of Utah’s death lineup.