Donovan Mitchell drove for a dunk and the Jazz took a 15-point lead over the team with the NBA’s best record, before everything crumbled Monday night.
This is all you need to know about the Jazz’s 96-85 loss to Houston: The thrilling moment of Mitchell’s drive gave way to a disgusting flurry of turnovers and missed shots as the home team scored 21 points in the next 20 minutes of basketball, lasting into the fourth quarter at Vivint Smart Home Arena.
That’s the Jazz offense everyone wondered about last summer, before the discovery of Mitchell. And when the rookie struggled with eight turnovers and 1-of-9 shooting from 3-point range, this game turned into one of the Jazz’s worst performances of the season after a promising start.